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HELLO WHY YES I AM WIDE AWAKE.

Attempted to go to bed at 3AM, with the aid of NyQuil. Lay there in weird not-asleep state until 6, then decided to get up and force myself to stay awake until bedtime tonight, because it'd be easier than trying to sleep a short time and waking up at 5 PM again.

Now to check what time my grocery store opens because I discovered last night that no, I *don't* actually have another roll of toilet paper like I thought I did.

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Hey, I'm up too! ...no real excuse except unemployment and resulting, ah, freeform schedule.

And man, I hate that (re: phantom roll).

I'm now starting to get sleepy for real as it's getting along towards evening in Japan but if I go to bed, I'll wake up at 4 or 5 and that would be Very Very Bad. So: attempt to stay up with art or something! And massive application of caffeine! Whee!

The grocery-store trip was pretty silly: pack of toilet paper, four potatoes, three onions, and a small thing of dark chocolate. I guess it's sort of obvious which was the emergency item in that trip. XD

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Have you tried Benadryl? That works much better for me than NyQuil, which is Benadryl + alcohol and a bunch of other shit. NyQuil usually ends with me hyper and nutty at three in the morning.

I'm actually using the NyQuil pills, rather than the liquid. :) Benadryl is hit-or-miss for me: it will either put me immediately to sleep, or it will wind me up and leave me wide awake and staring at the ceiling.

...sounds like what the NyQuil did! Ugh. There needs to be a magic Jet Lag Cure pill. Who ever came up with it would make a damn mint.

I guess it's sort of obvious which was the emergency item in that trip.

The chocolate? XD

I've had a couple ~~or five~~ 4-pm-wakeup days since the layoff. They're very discombobulating. I keep telling myself I should reset to a more normal schedule, but I'm naturally a nightowl even under normal circumstances, so it's a struggle when I don't have anything external forcing me into a more standard schedule. I mean, I have the class three nights a week, but -- nights. I don't even have to be up until 4 for that. :P

Of course, right now it's coming down to sleep, or work on stuff for this group project. Boy, sleep is starting to sound awfully good. :P

Yup, sleep's looking good here, too. BUT I WILL PREVAIL. or set a VERY LOUD ALARM for two hours later

I think the NyQuil was the reason I was in a weird dozing state and not completely wide awake. XD

I suspect you're right!

Oh, ouch. I'm sort of shuddering in sympathy over here. ~~Although yay for potatoes and chocolate, if one must venture out.~~

Called you last night for hanging out with my teacher friends, but only got voice mail.

I've some advice that may help, try melatonin. You can buy it in the vitamin section of the pharmacy. Take it 30 minutes before you want to go to sleep, then make sure it's good and dark.

I haven't used it, but Woodchuck and a friend of mine give it high marks, and I'm considering getting some today so I can get myself to sleep at a normal time everyday for work.

Yeah, I slept through the phone call. :D

If tonight doesn't work out for fixing my sleep schedule, I'll look into the melatonin.

I highly recommend melatonin. I've had constant problems with insomnia and have tried several different prescription and OTC medications, but nothing works as well for me as melatonin. Plus, as an added bonus, it's not a drug so it doesn't leave me with the weird hangover or side effects. These days, I take it every night and hardly ever have problems with being unable to sleep. As an added bonus, it's really good for resetting your sleep cycle, so if you're suffering from jet-lag, it's A++ awesome.

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