A failure to wake

[canyonwren]

In between the jet lag and the tiny amount of sleep I got last night, I could simply NOT get my body moving this morning. I'd set the wake-up call for 9:00am.


Take 1:

I got up and stumbled to the bathroom. I washed my face and brushed my teeth and dressed. And then I had to go deal with something weird about the hotel. They needed to know who I'd worked for in the past and I couldn't quite figure it out. So, Kim showed up to help me, but we needed a signature of someone completely irrelevant and she pulled a computer out of thin air and suggested copying and pasting, and...

OH, FUCK IT! This is definitely a dream, 'cause there's no way Kim is here. I have to get up ALL OVER again.

Damnit!


Take 2:

I swing my legs over the side of the bed and just sit there for a minute. My head is spinning and I'm SO tired still. Matter of fact, I'm so tired I can't open my eyes. Literally. Damn it! Try...unnghhh...my eyes won't open! And...

FUCK IT!

If my eyes won't open, then I'm actually flat on my back, under the covers, still dreaming.


Take 3:

Just like the Bride in Kill Bill, talking to her toes. "Open your eyes." Try. Nothing. "No, open your eyes." After the third or fourth try, the conscious part of my body overruled the unconscious part of my body and I got my motor control back. Opened my eyes, stumbled to the bathroom and washed my face and brushed my teeth. Put on the coffee.

It took at least an hour before I was sure I was actually awake.

Seize the day. Yay. Ugh.

Comments

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

So relieved I'm not the only one who does that... I have to do a series of reality checks during nighttime trips to the bathroom.

[canyonwren.livejournal.com]

This almost never happens to me. The eye thing happens very, very rarely and dreaming I've already gotten up almost never. I think I was just so exhausted and deeply asleep, as well as being in a strange bed, that it happened. I also knew I *had* to get up, which probably didn't help.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I have the "Oh, I've already gotten up and am getting ready" dreams a lot. They were problematic when I was a teen, because I'd dream I'd gotten up and done morning chores (carrying 5-gal buckets of water to the sheep, forking hay to the sheep and horses) then be puzzled by the fact that I was still in bed in my pajamas. I definitely have the "getting up and getting ready" dreams most when there's some reason I have to be up and ready by a certain time. Sleep dep also makes them more likely.

I've had the sleep paralysis thing once or twice... thankfully after learning what it was, so I just thought "Oh right, sleep paralysis, that'll pass in a few minutes, how interesting!"

[canyonwren.livejournal.com]

This was the first time my conscious knowledge of sleep paralysis was dominant over the fear. I did think, "Oh, I'm blind," but that was the asleep and dreaming side of me trying to analyze it (I think). It used to freak me out big time. I think I've had it about ten times total, but I'm not sure.

[dianyla.livejournal.com]

Heh, now you know how I feel. Every goddamn morning! :)

(OK, it's not quite that bad, but...)