Sleepy.....?

As misery loves company, I am happy to report that I share a common problem that an estimated 40 million other americans share and that is suffering from a chronic sleep disorder.

I have tried just about every trick in the book to get a good night's sleep: counting sheep, 99 bottles of beer, watching paint dry, reading, watching TV, going to bed at the same time every night and waking at the same time in the morning(well approximately, I do love to sleep in in the morning), warm milk, alcohol(happy to report this works for a little while until the alcohol wears off. Oh, well it tastes good going down!), wine and turkey-but who can eat turkey every day...and besides this only works on Thanksgiving and Seinfeld, etc., etc., etc.

This past Monday, I went to have a sleep study done. I felt that I was in the modern day equivalent of Dr. Frankenstein's lab(but with all the amenities of a Marriott). I was wired up to a monitoring system and had a bungee cord(aka heart monitor) strapped around my chest, with oxygen plugs going in my nose, and glued all over my head and face were contacts to monitor my sleep. The very nice technician got to monitor my sleep for 6 hours via the monitor and an in-room camera. Talk about feeling like Big Brother is watching...and I don't mean the reality series!

Now I will have to wait one to two weeks for the results...oh, great, now I'll something new to worry about and to keep me up.

"Take Sominex tonight and sleep, safe and restful...sleep, sleep, sleep!"