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 Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:33 pm
Is there any particular way you sleep? Any bedtime rituals?
It usually takes me an hour to actually get to bed (I started getting ready about 40 minutes ago). I just got distracted with messaging a friend and watching the new Hell's Kitchen-show-thing.
I do the typical brush/floss/mouthwash thing, wash my face and use benzoyl peroxide if I feel like I need it, change into pjs, brush my hair and go to sleep. My typical jammies are shorts and a tank top, sweats and a hoodie (depending on season), or nothing at all. I have the house to myself for a while, so I've been comfortably sleeping nekkid. cool
Before I actually lay down, my closet door has to be shut and the house has to be completely locked up (dead bolts and all). I live in a small, safe town now, but growing up in a huge town teaches you certain things.
I don't really do anything weird.. Sometimes it just takes me a while to settle down. Sometimes I attempt to meditate, but I usually end up falling asleep.
What about you gals? whee
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:30 pm
Not much in the way of rituals. I usually just roll into mai pj's and try not to have insomnia.
I have been trying to get fit. So every other night or so I go for a walk (not in my pj's) which if google is right is about half a mile. Then I do 100 crunches and some stretches before sleep. Seems to help the conking out part that I have trouble with.
Sleeping nekkid isnt an option with a bunch of brothers. No one knows how to knock and if I lock my door I must be up to something suspicious. Top is a slinky halter (because any sort of sleeves bother me), bottoms are cottony with bears all over em.
I am a sprawler and pillow hugger though. Is that odd? Gimme two pillows and Ill wake with em in a Vee.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:06 pm
Usually an hour before bed I do sit ups with my weights,
then I put on my pjs, which are usually just the shirt I happen to be wearing and some pj pants.
Then I check my closet, my bathroom, and the guest bedroom (which is attached to mine) for people/hidden cameras (I have this weird fear of that).
Then I read a book for about an hour (which my mother doesn't know)
and then I usually end up falling asleep, on my stomach, with my head piled under about five blankets.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:55 am
I can usually get ready for bed pretty quick. Depending on the weather, I wear old cotton nightgowns or just panties. It took a while to get my family used to the fact that I wear just panties, not a bra or anything else. They, too, used to fling my door open without knowing. I'm sure it only took one or two times of seeing me half nekkid before it cured them. smile Hey, I'm sleeping, I don't give a s**t, lol.
My routine is usually just take my hair out of its ponytail/pigtails/braids, pull my clothes off, and get into bed. Then I normally watch TV or read for about half an hour - unless I'm unusually tired, I find it difficult to go to sleep right away. It takes me a few minutes to wind down. I rarely just get into bed and fall asleep right away.
I normally fall asleep on one of my sides, or on my back. I never sleep on my stomach (unless it's the wintertime and I'm waiting to hear if school is canceled. Then I usually fall asleep on my stomach waiting to hear about it, because I always only sleep for about ten-fifteen minutes in that position).
I've discovered lately that if my feet are cold, I can't fall asleep. It's interested... especially during the winter.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:43 am
Before i sleep, im usually already in my pjs, so then i just brush my teeth, get into bed, straighten my blankets and pillows, and then bam. im asleep. o.o
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:32 am
 Grin Evilly says: For me, it has to be completely dark for me to be able to fall asleep.
My stomach cannot hang out when I sleep. Once I'm woken up, I cannot fall back to sleep.
Oh geez, I could go on forever. <33
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:03 am
I do my hair, wash my face, brush my teeth, change clothes and go to bed.
I don't like sleeping in total darkness 'cause I'm still a tad afraid of the dark.
It usually takes me forty minutes to fall asleep.
When lying in bed I think about things that happened that day or daydream about things.
And I only wear a tee and panties. :3
And socks.
Oh yeah. And I have three teddybears and an orca plushie.
And I dream about really weird things very often.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:18 am
Grin Evilly Grin Evilly says: For me, it has to be completely dark for me to be able to fall asleep. <33
Oooh, me too. If the slightest bit of light is in the room, it drives me insane. I even have to cover the glowing numbers on my alarm clock with a stuffed animal (I don't care what you say, they're bright). Sometimes I fall asleep with a piece of cloth over my eyes for 'total darkness'. It's strange, because when I was younger, I used to need a night-light to sleep. confused Odd how we change when we get older.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:31 pm
Ditto on the night light as a kid.
Now I cant even have my monitor on, and I get pissy if my neighbors leave their porch light on.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:04 pm
I got sunburned and now I have to sleep funky for me to be comfortable, but otherwise, no I have no rituals.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:21 pm
I do the normal shower and teeth routine blah blah blah. I have to have the TV on because my ears ring and that's more annoying then the TV.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:29 pm
I had a nightlight when I was little, but then I slept in mostly darkness until I got my snake. Since then, I've become accustomed to my room having a constant red glow. It's weird now that the bulb burnt out a couple days (it's warm enough that it doesn't need immediate replacing). On nights that I don't have the infrared lamp on or when I didn't use a nightlight, I had the blinds open a bit to let moonlight in. It's nice to be able to see where I'm going, although I can navigate pretty well in the dark. The moonlight also helps me calm down and get to sleep. I leave the blinds closed when I sleep naked or half naked, though. My room is on the second floor, but that does nothing to comfort me. mad D
Light doesn't bother me too much. I could even sleep with the ceiling light on, although it'll take me a while.
I used to sleep on my stomach all the time (my favorite position ever), but then my chiropractor told me that I shouldn't. sad
So now I only do if it's a short nap or if I just hit the snooze. I miss sleeping in slightly contorted positions.
@Sailor Chibi - lol
I'm afraid of that happening, so I set my fan in front of my door to keep it from being opened (no lock, sadly). As it is, my mom acts a little surprised when I walk downstairs in a skirt and bra while trying to find a shirt. I <3 all-female households.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:43 pm
I start to get ready for bed around 9:30 or so.
Put bandana on to hold hair up, turn water on so it heats up.
Check behind the shower curtain for cats/anything else, wash face, brush teeth, use bathroom.
Then I go to my room and play on the computer as I change.
My jamies consist of a cami and a pair of boxers.
(My jamies don't change threw the year. I was them sure, but it's always the same.
((Sometimes without bottoms, but my door is broken so I have to pile things up so no-one can get in, but my family has a hard time knocking.))
Take banadan off, take hair down and brush it.
Listen to music and dance around like an idiot.
Turn the light off, set my alarm, turn radio on, then go to "sleep".
I stay up 'till about two every morning watching DVDs.
(I take naps when I get home from school)
When I do actually go to bed, I make sure my chihuahua is comfy and warm then curl up on the floor.
Yea, I can't sleep on/in my bed for some reason. I'll just lie there awake for hours on end.
I have like seven blankets, two pillows, and my favorite stuffed animal Ichi-Kun. <3
(He has to be covered too.)
I have a tendancy to hug one pillow whilst the other is pressed up against my back.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:19 pm
QueenMaeve @Sailor Chibi - lol
I'm afraid of that happening, so I set my fan in front of my door to keep it from being opened (no lock, sadly). As it is, my mom acts a little surprised when I walk downstairs in a skirt and bra while trying to find a shirt. I <3 all-female households.
Yeah, it used to bother me too, since I don't have a lock either. Then I was like "... it's my room, if I don't want to wear clothes I shouldn't have to just because people can't learn to knock." Trust me, once or twice usually cures 'em of it. My brother is really bad for it. rolleyes I was changing once, and I had just a skirt and panties on when he opened the door. I barely managed to grab a sheet to cover myself. The moron. He did it to my sister, too - walked into her room after she took a shower, without knocking, only to find her sitting totally naked on her bed.
What is it with people and knocking? If I can knock on your door before I enter your room and wait for you to respond, why the hell can't you do the same? I don't care if you're just letting the cat in - it takes two extra seconds for me to say "Come in" and it saves them a sight they don't want to see. Honestly. I don't even care anymore.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:27 pm
[OMFG NEW HELL'S KITCHEN WHAT?!]
Um, i don't really have a lot of rituals, per se, but i am particular about a few things...
I always close the curtain on my closet before i go to bed. I don't have closet doors, they broke forever ago, but instead i got a curtain sort of thing and one of those Japanese screens in front of it.
I MUST have the tv on when i sleep. Always. I wake up if it goes off. I'm terrified of the dark and i pretty much get panic attacks if it's completely dark.
I sleep with the covers completely over me. Head and all.
I almost never have nightmares, but all of my dreams are extremely bizarre.
I usually sleep on my back. Sometimes on my right side, but never the left.
Once i'm up, i'm up, and nothing in the world will get me back to sleep.
I sleep in a tank top and undies, though i may throw some boxers on too in the winter.
Last night when i was drifting off i had one of those falling dreams, except it was only my right foot that was falling. Someone told me that when you have those dreams you're actually levitating just a tiny bit. I dunno if that's true, but it sure felt like that's exactly what my foot was doing. o.o [/random]
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