Stomp, stomp, stomp
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
Midland, Michigan
February 17, 2021 7:42am CST
Awake, awake, awake
Over and over and over again
until finally I got a new set of earplugs out and now
Quiet, quiet, quiet
Sleep, sleep, sleep
I should have thought of that sooner.
My husband has a prosthetic leg and probably has never considered trying to walk softly with it. Therefore, when I'm in bed I here him coming and going. When he's in bed I hear him snoring unless he's facing to his right which is hard to do all night long.
I have a box of earplugs I got from my sister some time back. I've been using the same ones for awhile now. It looks like I needed to throw the old ones out since that was the problem with me not sleeping well all along.
I've been sleeping so much better ever since, yay!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Feb 21
I can’t stand earplugs they make me feel like my head will explode but I am very glad that they work for you
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
I'd prefer not to use them because one ear gets wax and if I didn't need the ear plugs it might drain naturally.
Eventually I hope to get another king sized bed and then I may not need the plugs anymore or maybe only on the one side.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Feb 21
Same as @BelleStarr I have the feeling that my head explodes if I wear earplugs.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman I pity those who work the night shifts, you cannot oblige people to keep quiet during the day.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
@LadyDuck nope, but most neighbors only mow weekly. I needed to sleep once I got home because for hours later I was going out with my crew for jobs. Then if sleep again before cashiering another four hours.
Not the best but my body got used to it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
Sometimes my ears will ring. But not often. I first began using them when I worked the night shift as my neighbor mowed the lawn almost every day.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
17 Feb 21
Good for you that the new earplugs are helping you get some shut-eye.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
I guess I didn't realize they would deteriorate over time.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
19 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman I guess all things deteriorate over time after much usage.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Feb 21
@allen0187 I guess so and I'm glad I figured that one out when I did.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 21
Yes it has been overall. Eventually the ear plugs must break down because I'm having to change them more often.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
They do and these work so much better than the type that are preformed smaller at one end.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
We're in a pretty quiet neighborhood. We've had days or nights when a door didn't get locked and still no one broke in so I think we're safe on that score.
If my hubs would consider a sleep apnea machine I think I wouldn't need the ear plugs but so far he won't even get tested.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
@CarolDM I understand. I did live in a house once that was broken into and that door was locked. This guy shows up in our bedroom and turned on the light. Freaky. But he was there to steak the little money we kept in a basket from tithes taken at a fellowship. I'm guessing he thought we had lots of cash in there and he might have gotten twenty bucks.
He had come to one of our meetings that's how he knew about it. He didn't bother any of us girls so that was good.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman A quiet place here too, I just lived alone many years and it is a habit even though I sleep all night.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
There not the greatest but for now my only option. Then I don't have to wake him up through the night to shift a bit. With his last surgery they removed a section of muscle from his right side to fill in a hole caused by a hernia from a leaking blood vessel. It's now hard for him to sleep on his side which is the ideal way for him not to snore.
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@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
17 Feb 21
I'm sure you're enjoying getting some good sleep.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
I am. It's refreshing in more ways than the obvious.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
17 Feb 21
I'm not in a bad mood much but then I don't need as many naps especially in days that I worked.
