Sicker Today

Today sucked, but only a bit.

I couldn't sleep last night, and I didn't pass out until around 8AM. I woke up near 2:30PM, and did the usual 'getting up' stuff. We already had an idea for dinner, so the people wanted to head over to my parents right away to start cooking. I already knew at that moment I was going to feel terrible.

A while back, I was taking Excedrin every day. Well, it can be very dangerous stuff if your liver isn't up to par. I spent the day after hugging a toilet and laying down. On the bathroom floor. I managed to eat a few crackers. But it was a horrible experience.

I drank a beer last night. I wasn't drunk or anything. It does take more than that. But I think that is what screwed me up today. As soon as I got to my parents' house, I went straight to their spare bedroom to lay down. I was there for a good hour or so. And I could barely drink anything, even water.

The feeling passed by 6PM, and I was able to eat half of a burger. We watched the Cowboys suck, and then we went back to the apartment. Didn't do much, and now I'm getting ready for bed. It's close to 4AM, and I have some Fantasy Football to take care of tomorrow afternoon. It's my first try at it, and my bro is jumping in as well.

I usually fall asleep by putting on some relaxing music. Well, [adult swim] is doing a Futurama marathon, so I'm thinking about falling asleep while watching that. It's been a long time since I've fallen asleep that way. Way back when, I would start nodding off around 9PM, and head to bed at 10PM. It's hard to do that now, especially when I don't have a real reason to wake up before noon.

My memory is a weird thing when it comes to sleep too. My dreams are usually related to something I saw or thought about 2 days ago. So, if I talk to someone I know, I'm most likely to have a dream about them 2 days later. It's almost exact.

One of the things I'm trying to remember is how I woke up for school from 9th grade to 12th grade. I woke up earlier during that time span than any other year of school. Even when I had an 8AM class, and I lived off campus. I had band practice all throughout high school, and that usually started at 7AM. It took me an hour to get ready, plus 10 minutes or so to fully wake up. So I woke up at 5:30AM back then.

But I'm also trying to remember when I went to bed. If I wanted 8 hours of sleep, then I would have to be in bed by 9:30PM! I know for a fact that never happened.

That's a weird thing also. Back then, with 6 hours of sleep I could go to band practice, sit through each class, play basketball in the afternoon, and still catch my favorite shows. Now, if I get 6 hours of sleep, I stumble every where and clutch my stomach. I never had stomach problems in high school, and I could drink very often without a problem. I could survive on less than 8 hours of sleep, and I could handle 4-hour bus rides without feeling anxious.

It's like I've aged 40 years in only 6 years.