Because my life wasn’t complicated enough, I now have a Sleep Complex.
Regardless of how tired I am when I go to bed, I can’t fall asleep. Ed snores, and I can’t make him stop – so we’re trying out a new plan in which I “get” to fall asleep before he does. The theory is that once I’m asleep he can snore all he wants and it won’t bother me, because I’m a viking. Seems like a sensible plan, except for all the pressure.
I can’t fall asleep. I’m so busy worrying that I HAVE to fall asleep or I won’t at all that I work myself into a frenzy, and I can’t relax. Ed falls asleep before I do, and once he starts to snore it’s game over – I can’t sleep, so now I’m anxious AND wide awake, not to mention irrationally pissy because he won’t stop snoring. The night before last I gave up and went into the spare room, and last night I would have done the same except I took some Benedryl before bed so I passed out before I could get up and gather my blankets. It sucks. I’m tired, I know I need to sleep, I know Ed will snore, and I know that I absolutely cannot sleep while he’s merrily horking away – and yet, the anxiety. I’m groggy from lack of sleep, and I’m a little worried that my newfound complex is going to spread. I’ve already discovered that having Hobble on my legs while I’m trying to sleep freaks me out and makes me twitch, regardless of how much I like having him there. Once I’m out, fine – lay on my face, for all I care. If I’m not asleep though, his presence gives me wiggins and I can actually feel the panic rising in my chest. I don’t want to rely on even more drugs to make me fall asleep, so I think I’m going to have to camp out in the spare room for a few nights even if just to catch up on the sleep I’m missing because of these damn anxiety attacks.
Over the weekend I was asked to take this online logic test. I like logic and I like online, so I thought HEY this would be a super breeze possibly scented like lilacs. It may surprise some of you to know that I *can* be logical – usually irrational, but often logical. I’m good at figuring things out, which lends to my awesome but unfortunate troubleshooting skills and my delight of sleuthing ala Nancy Drew. Armed with supreme confidence in my abilities, I set out to wow the e-pants off this online logic test.
Oh, but how I got served.
First of all, there was math. Not difficult math by any stretch, but definitely math. The “logic” part of the test was not at all logical – there was replacing and swapping and confusing language all up in my bidness. I can’t even really explain it, so here: a screenshot for you.
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I’m sure there are some math geniuses among my seven readers, but by the time I got to this question – the 4th of 11 in an increasingly more “logical” pattern – my head was spinning and I’m pretty sure I was speaking in tongues. I pretty much flubbed the entire thing – I’ll be shocked if even one of the answers I came up with were remotely in area of being even slightly correct. In fact, for this particular question, I couldn’t make sense of it at all – I didn’t answer it. I hate it. Stupid test that makes me doubt my awesome, you are mean.
I’m tired and my shoulder hurts.
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I was asked to take the same logic test. As a word of warning: I heard from my people on the inside that I passed (and I felt I did, with fairly flying colours. I am a logic nerd.).
And yet, the promise that upon passing I would receive a phone call never materialized. This company has a reputation of doing that.
I did such a test when applying for a job. I got through half of it. Needless to say, they didn’t contact me again! How about trying earplugs for your sleep problem??
I have trouble sleeping sometimes due to fibromyalgia, and the best thing I’ve tried is Melatonin. It doesn’t give me a sleep hangover like Benedryl sometimes does.
Where do you get Melatonin? I am intrigued!
Hmmm. I don’t think you have a “sleeping problem.” RakE has a “snoring problem.” I have a husband with the same problem, and I have found two useful solutions:
1) Poke him awake and say “No snoring!” until he stops. Repeat as needed, as many times as needed. Pros: Shares the sleeplessness issue, is fun to poke sleeping people. Cons: Husbands are cranky when bruised, snoring will reoccur.
2) I don’t know if this product is available in Canada, but when Dr. Boy actually *uses* it, it does work. Pros: puts the responsibility for quiet where it belongs. Cons: You’ll need to police compliance.
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I’m surprised to not find comments about me and my snoring in here… :S
*Snorts*. Not commenting on illie’s deranged style of snoring.
I second melatonin, actually. It’s totally helpful! Get some at your local health/whole foods store. It’s not too expensive and you can get it in these cool little films (like those gross breath freshening strips) in chocolate mint for fun!
ALSO, the Breathe Right strips DO help, especially if Loved One Who Snores and Must Be Silenced suffers from congestion/allergies. Good luck!
Illie’s mom says try having Illie and his father both snoring in the house then you can complain!! Melatonin really does help.
Kimli, I got it from London Drugs. Even the one in Ladner sells it (heh).
The Vivitas Melatonin worked the best for me. It also helps me sleep when I’m anxious/emo/stressed/etc.
Hi Kimli
I’m sorry you didn’t like our logic test. According to company lore, it’s either love or hate with this test. Yes, I work at this particular space station and I also helped convert this test to its online form.
You weren’t actually supposed to take a copy of a question and post it on Flickr, you know, and we’d prefer if you took down the picture or made somehow not-the-same-as the original question.
Since you didn’t mention the company name, people won’t easily be able to find the picture by searching, but that’s only a temporary phenomenon (searching text in images is coming soon to a search engine near you).
Jen, I’m sorry you had a bad experience with the test and that we have a reputation for not getting back to people! When we used the paper-based test everybody was told right away what score they got (unless they had thrown pencil and test on the floor and stormed out, which happened quite frequently), but with the online test you only hear back if your score was as good as required for the job you are applying for (which sucks because people tend not to notice that message as they’re taking the test, and then if they don’t hear from us again…). I don’t know what happened in your case, but I can look into it if you want? (jan at jankarlsbjerg dot com)
Cheers (and hope to see some of you guys Wednesday for the Vancouver Blogger Meetup @The Whip on 6th and Main, 7PM)
Jan Karlsbjerg
http://www.jankarlsbjerg.com/blog/
Oh, and for a sleeping tip: In-ear style headphones and something very, very boring on the player: A political debate in Innuit language, a recording of background sounds from the office or the street, etc.