But I have taken her plenty of goat cheese.
Went to see the Doc today about seasonal stress sleeping too much too little light deprivation cabin fever living in the woods in the rain in winter issues. She very kindly saw me for free. She has goats and kids and kid goats so we shared a bit and it was a nice talk. When we got down to business she was smart, she listened, she gave great advice. A quickie talk on routines, bedtimes and a little Readers Condensed version of the benefits and techniques of relaxation and/or meditation. She was so sweet. I wanted to hug her. She gave me great advice. (There was more too but don't want to get too boring).
However, I live such a random life. We have a farm.
Now is the down time but still, the alarm rang at 5 am, I hit the ground running, working in the dairy till 5:45 am, warm shower, clean clothes, drove over the mountain to meet the driver at 7 am for an order he will take out to the Coast to the Co-op. During kidding season, I'll get up at 4 am and walk out to the barn to check on the does and the kids. Everyone ok? I picked a frozen newborn kid up out of a muddy frozen puddle after it wandered out of the barn into freezing sleet minutes after being born..... at the barest flush of dawn last March. She lived but it took a warm bath, tube fed warm colostrom, then being wrapped wet in a towel on top of a heating pad in front of the woodstove while I went out to milk the other does in the rain, sleet and mud. When I came in a few hours later I asked my husband if she lived and he said, "Yes, she's trying to stand". About an hour later, I hit the wall and took a four hour nap. I take them often. I work til I hit the wall and then I sleep. Most times that's at night but I can sleep any time of the day..... except when I really want or need to.
During market season we try to go to bed early Friday night but there's just so much to do to prepare products, equipment, vehicles, for the markets, along with keeping everything going on the farm. On a good Friday I'll get to bed at 10:30 and please please please let me go right to sleep. Fat chance.... The alarm rings at 4 am and we (husband does it too) take off driving to our respective markets, and work long days that are cold or hot, windy or wet... then rush to get the chefs their cheese before the dinner hour, meet at the motel... spend a few hours in bed crashed/sleeping/snuggling or snoring... and whatever else???.... until hunger drives us out of bed, into our clothes and onto the streets in search of food served really late.
I could tell you more but suffice it to say, my life is random, my sleep habits and opportunities are random. I've taken power naps in my car all over this county and in quite a few other places in NW Oregon.... I've been known to daydream about the nap I might be lucky enough to take if I have time two days down the road....
But wait... her final recommendation was that I buy this nifty pair of glasses with orange lenses... $7 whole dollars... while she explained how the blue light spectrum and the red light spectrum interact...... I did buy them, I'm wearing them now.... have been wearing them for a few hours now. (I'm not sleepy yet..... )
Husband filled the stove with wood before he left so the house is warm. He left the tuner on the Hawaiian music station too and after putting the groceries away.... I found myself in front of the stove, looking at the orange walls, and beginning to dance the Hula. Good thing there are no markets, nothing tomorrow morning but feeding the dogs and there's lots of good stuff on the TIVO so I don't care if I don't sleep or if I DO sleep until noon.
But that's about when it hit me. The Doc put me in bloom.... she switched my schedule and my spectrum and suddenly I feel.... different. However, not sleepy yet. Not even close.
Update: Thanks so much for the rescue and the kind comments.