Well, Pauly should be home within 8 hours, thank God. It wasn't as bad as anticipated, being alone that is, but the biggest problem was not being able to sleep. Since I have been down in Georgia my insomnia has gotten dramatically better. I still don't sleep like a normal person, but probably 50% better than I used to. Without Paul though, I've been all tense and just can't sleep.
For some reason when I'm alone, here or anywhere, I prefer to sleep on the couch in front of the tv, rather than in the bedroom. So I tucked myself up there, but I was a bit scared and nervous so sleep wouldn't come. Smeagol, however, didn't have that problem. She's been confused all weekend, waiting for her dad, so she decided that the best place to sleep would be on my pillow. 3 inches from your face is a bad place to have a snoring pug when you are trying to sleep. I would start to drift off and then 'HOOOOONNNKKK" would wake me right up. When I finally kicked her away she still wouldn't leave the couch so then settled between my thighs, which severely limits my ability to move any part of my body on the small couch.
That was night one, night two has not yet happened because I have the MOST RESTLESS LEGS EVER! RLS runs in my family like crazy and last night was a prime time for me to get it cause it was stormy and Smeagol was inhibiting my movement. The restlessness extended all the way up into my hips so I would flip myself over like a flapjack every 2 minutes. It sucks. I'm so sleepy. Plus, I have this stupid low grade nervousness all the time when Paul isn't here. So general suckitude in the sleep department, but tonight I should be able to zonk right out.
I can hardly wait to talk to a person again in a few hours!
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Glad to hear that you survived the weekend. Dad2 used to travel once in a while when he worked for the phone company or when he and others would go on hunting trips. Having grown up in a house of 11 people and never being alone, it was kind of creepy the first couple of times, but after a while, it was hoo-hoo, good-bye, I can take care of just me and not wait on anybody else for a couple of days! Mom2
Hang in there, hon. My man goes on two week long hunting trips, in the fall. I go crazy by the time he's back, but normally don't have sleep issues...it's the opposite, I sleep BETTER because I have the whole bed to myself and HIS restlessness (from his pain) doesn't wake me up.
Damn girl, you post more often than I can keep up with! I'm glad your man is coming home pretty soon, I know waiting for someone makes time crawl by. I've only ever had restless legs once (after taking some nighttime flu medication) and it was pretty insufferable, so I sympathize with you greatly there. I'm sorry your doggie doesn't do a better job of helping you sleep! I really like your new site 'look', and congrats to you for being able to change/update it! HTML and other webdesigny things are really fun. If you're thinking that it interests you, definitely persue it, even as a hobby. Finally, I take the s-m-r-t bit for granted, but I'm glad to see it's always good for a laugh ;)
I forgot to say - it took me a beat to get the title 'It's learned, Pepsi, learned' but when I did I had a hearty laugh :D
Thanks guys :) I should clarify, I feel, that its not even necessarily being alone that i hate, in some ways I love being alone (although, jenna, that would be the DAY that I 'let' my man go away for two weeks, and then HUNTING yet. HA!) And it was certainly nice not to have to wait on anyone :) What bothers me is that I have no friends, no car, no money and little knowledge of the city and/or the rapid transit system. So, the biggest problem was that I was absolutely stuck in our apartment complex. It made me feel so uncomfortable that I had nowhere, literally, to go. But, he's home and he has promised to take me on a date on his next day off!
And, regarding the 'smrt' and 'learned, Pepsi, learned'...its sort of like a test. If you get my Simpsons and other references, you rule my world. If not, you must be re-Neducated! (Okay, that was lame, sorry...)
Laz, what kind of book or website or whatever might you recommend if I'm thinking that I want to pursue getting my own site and designing it?
There's two steps to designing, as I see it: 1. Design and 2. Implementation. When I design a site, I use Photoshop to put together ideas and graphics and the general layout. Once I'm happy with this, I need to do the coding for the site (which is to tell it where things go) and all you need for this is a text editor, though I use TextPad because I find it's good for code in particular. SO - I recommend the 'For Dummies' series, but bear in mind there's design AND code to learn.
Ah okay, so first thing I need to do is get photoshop and learn how to use it. Thanks for the info, me lovely!
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