burning The Midnight Oil And I am not even a student.

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
October 4, 2008 4:02am CST
hi mylotters do any of you find yourself unable to sleep 'so you boot up your computer and sneak a bit of time in mylotters just hoping to get sleepy enough to fall' back to sleep? Am I the only insomniac? Lol
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@scorpio19 (1363)
4 Oct 08
Evening Hatley, I have been known to do that a few times in the past when i've had difficulty sleeping but not really so much now, last year I lost a close relative so I was grieving and it played havoc with my normal sleeping pattern but slowly I'm getting back to normal, so nope once I shut down the pc I shut down too for the night..lol
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@scorpio19 (1363)
5 Oct 08
Morning Hatley, Yes, November is my birth month and I too notice alot of my friends on Mylot are also Scorpio's, yes grief does play about with your routine but like you say we do get back to normal at some point.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi one yr later s corpio well it well soon be time for our'birthdays again in Nov.Here I do go to bed a bit earlier not much but a bit.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
4 Oct 08
I don't turn the computer on if I cannot sleep. Shelly does though. The only problem there is that she gets too busy on the computer and doesn't get sleepy and then stays up much longer than she wanted to.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi fwidman of the purple high heels lol. yes thats a big problem if you dont get sleepy and you end staying up much too long. think I need to get out and take a long walk every day.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi fwidman my a whole year has flown here i am mylotting again and staying up late. if I really want to g et sleepy I read and then I fall asleep and the book fallson the floor and wakes me up.he he
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
5 Oct 08
The long walks don't always help Shelly. Some days has just has more on her mind than there are hours in a day I suppose
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@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Oct 08
well im not like that...when i cant sleep..i just lay on the bed and toss around until i finally sleep..coz if i do get up and do some net browsing or even check on this site then i will never be able to sleep....
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi fellow mylotters I cannot stand to lie awake in bed I have to do something so come on here and I dont know why but I get sleepy and my head falls onto the keys which wakes me so I crawl in bed lol.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
4 Oct 08
No, I don't have enough time for sleeping because of the hectic schedule so I don't waste my precious time for sleeping. I can think some other time when traveling etc. Thanks and good luck.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
6 Oct 08
Thanks for the compliment. I love birds that is why I put this avatar. You are working as partime, so you have enough time for sleep. Then go ahead with thinking of ideas. All the best.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
1 yr later sreekala hi well now as long as myroomates inthe hospital I can really stayup late and I usually do but at times I am too tired and I do crawl in bed and get some precious zzzzs
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi sreekala love your avatar, looks like a meadow lark. anyway I am so glad my working friends can sleep.I think that I have sleep problems just because I am retired. I slept well while i was working part time.
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• United States
5 Oct 08
I have had some night that I have not been able to sleep. I have gotten online too and did come over and check out MYLot. I love the fact that I can come here when I have the time. No time restraints!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
louiseknittel hi one yr later still stay up til eleven but'used to stay up really late and nobody to bother me here now as my roomate is in the hospital.
• United States
4 Sep 09
How ya doing long time no speak! I hope your doing well!
• United States
20 Nov 09
Whenever I cannot sleep I am either on here or I play on the pogo web site. I have a lot of difficult night sleeping because I am worried about a lot of things. I am currently unemployed and my husband only works three hours a day which is hard because we need the money. His boss says there is no money in the budget, but he has hired two new employees both full-time. I am hoping to find work soon or to make enough money on here to get the things we need.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Nov 09
hi randylovesdar is this economy not the pits? my son was just visiting me, he has been out of work for months, and my heart goes out to him, he doesn't talk about it but I know it hurts a lot. I wish we would get the president and congress to see about this job situation, don't they care that so many people allover the US are out of work? I am praying that he and you and your husband all get really good jobs.I am retired but did work up til age 80 i am now 83 and am stuck here at Gold Crest retirement center so I have some sort of home. my son is in a gov.sponsored apt with three other guys all out of work and looking. So we both are bothered from sleeping by the s ame worries. mylotting does help; me some.
• United States
20 Nov 09
It is aweful. I have a college degree in Elementary Education and was told if I get a degree in teaching I will be able to find work easily. I am lucky if I get to sub but that is far and few between. I know that retail sales are up, but that does not seem to help those who are out of work. I had applied back in August for a seasonal job, but have not heard anything yet. I have a feeling that none of the stores are really hiring becuase they are afraid that sales may go down because of the economy. I am trying to make as much money as possbile online because my husband and I only have one vehicle. It is hard only having one car at times because he uses it for work. If I can make a decent living on here for now maybe some of my worries will be over. I want to start my own online business, but do not have the money to do so. I make my own cookies, candy and fudge and would love to sell these items online. I know to start a business it takes money and I would also need a buisness license. I am sorry that your son is out of work, it must be hard on him as well. I hope that he finds work soon. I wish you and him the best of luck.
@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
5 Oct 08
Hi Hatley... Haha.. Insomniac huh? Nope. You're not the only one. I am a certified insomniac. Lol. I went seven days with only a couple hours of sleep total. I've had this problem since highschool and just got worse. I wish I could sneak a little bit of time here on MyLot when I can't sleep but my family would hit me on the head if they see me tinkering with the computer. They know I'm sickly and as I've mentioned before, just got out of the hospital. Right now, I'm sick again with a cold and a cough so I can't stay on the computer too long. So I guess I have to just pretend sleep and lie on my bed... hoping... waiting... to get on my computer and Mylot 'til I drop. teehee.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi rosedust its a year later so hope you are well now'and are enjoying mylotting again or yet. I have to go to bed earlier here but still stay up til eleven.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
4 Oct 08
[i]Hi Hatley, I haven't tried that! LOL! Maybe because I am online whole day and no nap at all which I love to do before andthat makes me tired already during night time! I will only enjoy my eyes working online at night when I am waiting my Sister from work and we will be chatting! Mylot is the only thing which will help me survive waiting for 3 or 4 hours and this will keep me busy without thinking that I am tried and bored! LOL![/i]
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi checapricorn I think that if I w ere working even partime, I would sleep a lot better, think mylotting all day is not enough exercise to make me sleepy.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Oct 08
Hi Hatley...I'm a devoted, confirmed night owl to begin with, but I have to confess, there are some nights, early morning hours, for some reason I'm keyed up. It's not really insomnia, but it seems whenever I've had a full day of doing my work projects, or even a full day of cleaning I feel LESS tired than more..uh, if that makes any sense. Rather than mylotting though very late, I usually turn to playing the game websites now...and have bumped into a number of other night owls. Like last night or should I say this morning, I was at the Winster.com game website...it was 3 in the morning..one player was from California, the other New Jersey...and both wide awake..LOL
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi pyewacket one yr later still am mylotting at 11 at night. my son is one who loves computer games hes on toontown all the time. I like to play solitarie and I make some good points on it too.
@ellie333 (21016)
4 Oct 08
LOL Hatley, I think you are more adddicted to myLot than an insomniac, but yes I do the same quite often if I can't sleep and then regret it in the morning where I am all sluggish from lack of proper sleep. Huggles. Ellie :D
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi ellie333 yep I am a teetotal mylot addict. and I too regret it the next morning. this time I went back to sleep at five and woke at noon, wow didnt intend to do that. at least I dont feel like a zombie now.
• United States
4 Oct 08
I work at night and sleep during the day so my midnight is at noon. I get off work at 6 or 7 in the morning and then try to be in bed by 11. I usually get up at 7 so that I can be up and around for a little while before I get ready to go to work. I start at either 9 or 10 at night. I have problems getting to sleep sometimes and when I do, I'll get up and get on the computer for awhile. Or I'll read several pages.....until I get sleepy....and then try to get to sleep again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi bluerubymoon yes I was having problems getting to sleep then got on mylot,fell asleep and bumped my nose on the keyboard.so then I w ent to bed. when I was a nurses aid I often had to work the night shift and sleep days, its not always easy either.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
5 Oct 08
Hi Hatley... I've been working so much everyday..come home and to tired to come here anymore..my children ask me to watch a baby and i help them so they can go out..tonight i have Dylan 15 months..so i'm having a harder time relaxing..I will try to come on as much as i can but will be leaving the end of the month.. huggs Dear One and thanks for the friendship!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi rosekitty working tires one out and then if you are babysitting'too well you do get tired 15 months oh they are so dear at that age wow what fun and how tiring.this is a whole year later.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
5 Oct 08
Hi hatley! Of course not! I can be found on here at 3:00am and even later (or earlier) depending on how you look at it! I have been an insomnia all my life! I can't sleep at night but I sure can sleep the day away! Now that I haven't been working I do just that! I am so confused that when I have an appointment that I have to go to I have trouble getting up to go wherever it is I have to go to. It's really very upsetting. I have spoken to my doctors and they just don't know what to do about it. They won't give me any medication to put me to sleep because those medications are addicting and I already have that problem which they don't want to add to! So I just stay up here on mylot and have to force myself to finally go to bed!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi opal I did the same thing when we were in our own'ap;artment and I would stay up as late as 2 inthemorning then I could sleep inthe morning but here I do go to bed about eleven which is early for'mne.this is one yr later weird.
@glords (2614)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Yep Im with you on that right now, though I hate staying up late because I always have to get up early in the morning. My son always always always wakes up at six or seven, so if I don't get to sleep soon I will be a zombie mommy tomorrow. Thanks for posting and happy mylotting. Hope you get some sleep tonight.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Sep 09
hi glords a whole yr has gone by I still have some trouble sleeping but I do go tobed about eleven now since my roomate is in the hospital I can goof off a bit.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Oct 08
Yes. It happens to me all of the time. I work online every day of the week as it is. If I am behind or we need more money, I will work the extra hours to make sure we get it.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
stephcjh, glad someone else sides me likes the money we get at mylot, I need what I get to supplement my social security check. so sometimes I do burn the midnight oil.
• Singapore
4 Oct 08
Hi Patsie, This kind of thing seldom happens to me because my computer would likely be switched on till before I decide to sleep. So the act of switching off usually means that I have decided I want to sleep or at least do other activities that do not involve the computer. Only occasionally because of some unusual circumstances would things end up as you described above where I would sneak back to the machine and fire it up again. Cheers!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi lordwarwizard good for you, somehow I need a mental switch like we have on our computers, to switch off all the worries and stuff and switch on some nice sleep time instead.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
4 Oct 08
I thought I was the only one creeping out of bed when everybody else are already in their dreamland. sometimes it is a blessing in disguise having an insomnia LOL. Thanks also to mylot for being there when we are alone and can't fall to sleep. At least we have a place to make ourselves occupied when sleep don't come. We can communicate through here to all our friends at any hour everywhere around the world.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi zandi nope i creepout of bed and try to make myself sleepy by mylotting, this will be a blessing to me when I move as I will still be in contact with all mylot friends. thats wonderful.
@mjmlagat (3170)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
Yeah sometimes I do, when I had so much coffee during the day. But since I don't have yet an internet connection at home, I just drown myself with tv shows hoping for its sleeping pills effect to hit me.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 08
hi mjmlagat whenI didnt have my computer, I did that too, and often woke up and wondered what went on in themovie, as i had slept thru most of it. lol lol lol