Sep 14 2008
counting sheep and other concepts that elude me
It’s amazing how certain things come into perspective when one gets a good night sleep. Usually I don’t sleep well because my thoughts don’t know that it’s bedtime. I say usually… but what I really mean is that I never get a good night sleep because there is always way too much to think about. Is this just a woman thing? I think it might be. Have you ever had a conversation with someone of the opposite sex; and if the conversation lulls just the slightest bit, they can close their eyes and fall asleep? I don’t care if this is your boyfriend, husband, or brother; for some reason the male species is able to fall into a peaceful slumber at the drop of a dime. Well…that’s bullshit! I mean, what goes on throughout their day? It must not be significant or thought provoking because they’re able to just shut it off and drift away to la la land. In the meantime, we sit there in bed at 3:30am thinking about if we should get gas on our way to work or during our lunch break instead.
How can one not dwell on the quirks of daily life before they snooze? For a woman, this can be such a tiring process. I am hoping that I am not alone when I say there is a laundry list of ideas and dilemmas that pop into my mind when time hits bed o’clock.Picture it! I’m snuggled in my bed reading a book and my eyelids are getting heavy. I have successfully allowed my mind to wander into some fictional world that I am reading about and have relaxed enough to fall asleep. I close the book, shut off the light, and settle in for a good night’s sleep. As a close my eyes I see my co-worker. It begins:
“What is she doing here? Oh yeah, that’s right… she asked me to remember to remind her of something tomorrow morning… What was it? Oh crap, what was it? Oh yeah, she needs me to do something for her but what? Shit! I hope I left a post-it to remind myself what it was…. Oh no!…I need gas… I hate getting gas! I only have like $30 bucks in my pocket until next Monday…. I need more money! Oh it’s OK… if anything I can borrow some money…but from whom? Everyone I know is broke. God… I feel so bad that everyone I know is broke. OK…. I’ll get like $15 in gas and grab some groceries with the rest and I should be good to go. I hope my son John feels better tomorrow. He has the sniffles again. I bet it’s from the daycare. I should really get him some medicine… I’ll never remember that tomorrow. Yes I will! Ahhhhhhhh……. time to sleep. Wait a minute!!! Do I have a doctor appointment tomorrow or is it Friday? Why don’t I write these things down?”
OK.. I think you get the idea.
My point is that life is complicated! And it seems, in my mind anyway, that a woman’s job is never done. If I could wish for anything (besides a gazillion dollars) it would be that I could have a woman’s thought process throughout the day and have nothing but male thoughts come 8 o’clock. I don’t mean to bash men, in fact, I am envious of them. Besides the blip of T & A that crosses their mind, I think it is a safe assumption that male thoughts consist of pretty much nothing when it’s time to go to sleep. I for one have no problem thinking about Jessica Alba’s ass for a minute or two if it means I will soon drift into a sweet slumber!
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Hi Andrea, Sue’s friend here. OH, I can relate to this one. You are NOT alone. Far as I can tell, men have one job and women have two. Work and everything else that pertains to running a home and family. And men bilssfully sit back and say, “if you want something just ask”. We, of course, want them to take some of the responsiblitity to, as Nike so eloquently said, “Just Do It”. But no, it seems, whether we are mothers or not, we will always assume that role for out men, and take care of all of those things our stay at home mothers did PLUS our jobs. So, with so much responsibility, is it any wonder that women are more stressed and have a harder time relazing? I think not!