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27 June 2007

I keep falling asleep at my desk. Hope me! My doctor reduced my nightly pain meds, so I've been having trouble getting to sleep, waking up a lot, etc. I'm SO freaking tired...

post by: It's Raining Florence Henderson at: 18:02 | 23 comments

Goddamnit! Entertain me, already! Where the Hell IS everybody?! Why i ought....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:08

Are you someplace (physically, geographically, emotionally) where you can get your head below your heart? Even just doing a forward bend (with your knees bent, if that's easier) can get some blood to your head and wake you up a bit.

posted by occhiblu 27 June | 18:09

Ow! My back!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:11

kidding

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:12

Okay - I just did the "How do you overcome obstacles in your path?" interpretive dance around the office. People are staring, and I'm probably about to get fired, but I'm a little more awak...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:14

Heh.

My yoga teacher actually always recommends handstands for combating fatigue, but... dude. I can't do a handstand when I'm peppy, let alone when I'm yawning.

What about aromatherapy? Go find something bracing to sniff for a while.

posted by occhiblu 27 June | 18:14

Were there the proper obsequies to Ganesh? There should have been much rolling of trunks.

posted by occhiblu 27 June | 18:15

Indoor or outdoor? Rated G to XXX? Themed or topic oriented?
Will there be pie and ponies and will the unicorns ejaculate rainbows?

Don't mind me, i think i need to find some sniff bracing.

posted by ethylene 27 June | 18:16

cold water on your eyelids works when I'm driving too long.

Otherwise, sprinting around the block works. For about 15 minutes.

posted by small_ruminant 27 June | 18:24

I'm in a freakin' cube farm. I can and do go for walks on some nice trails out back, but I'm kinda sore from walking at lunch, still, so I'm stuck doing any performance art inside for now.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:24

Putting cold water on IRFH's eyelids makes s_r more awake? I think some investigation is in order.... :-)

posted by occhiblu 27 June | 18:25

Sunflower seeds with the hulls on.

posted by Specklet 27 June | 18:37

Clench your buttocks!

I say this because a doctor (hey, I'm not saying he was a good doctor, so, y'know, grain of salt) told me that clenching one's buttocks surges the blood around, resulting in a fresh flow of blood through the brain and driving off exhaustion and faintness.

Also, because I'll take any excuse to holler clench your buttocks!

Um, if it doesn't hurt your back. During an orthopaedic exam last week, the P.A. asked me to clench my buttocks! while lying prone on the exam table and to my surprise I found that a) I really couldn't and b) okay, I could, but it hurt my back.

This is more than I've talked about buttocks in my entire internet life. A proud day.

posted by Elsa 27 June | 18:37

How much longer are you there?
Do get some cold water and apply it where you want.
i just had to delete a bunch of stuff because it was frankly pornographic.

posted by ethylene 27 June | 18:37

Funny, Elsa, because so much of life seems to do with getting people to unclench their buttocks.

posted by ethylene 27 June | 18:39

WAKE UP, GODDAMNIT! WAKE UP OR THEY'LL FIRE YOUR ASS!

(does that help?)

posted by jason's_planet 27 June | 18:43

Fifteen minutes to go. I was just called in for a brief team meeting to talk about cake. Which I don't eat.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:45

does that help?

It did, actually, because I didn't see your comment on preview, so it just kind of jumped out at me when I posted.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:47

As for the whole cold water sunflower buttocks conversation, I'm embarassed to admit I got the comments mixed up, and now I'm very much awake, but also fairly uncomfortable.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:50

Flo, you don't eat cake because you don't like it! I remembered!

posted by Specklet 27 June | 18:50

Exactly, Specklet! Did I ever mention the time my coworkers (different company) made me a "cake" out of packaged meat "frosted" with Cheeze-whiz? It was truly a thing of beauty, and a gesture that honestly touched me - especially since it was accompanied by a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:54

Yay!!! You got me through it - thanks! I. Am. Outta here!!!!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 June | 18:58

Odd -- when I've mentioned any pain to my doctor, the first question is "is it affecting your sleep?" (and I am lucky enough that it typically doesn't).

I took that as doctor-speak for "it's not bad enough for me to really bother with." So if you can't sleep because of pain, that can't be good.

Hope you feel better!

posted by psho 27 June | 20:18

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