That Sleep thing you do

So I’m thinking that in light of the upcoming party and moving tragedies, I will probably not be able to effectively begin the new sleeping schedule I want until after I move. Last night I slept from about 6 to a little before 10, then went and did strength training (for the first time in over 6 weeks), and when I got home I was so sore/tired that I found myself unable to be very productive. I ate supper and watched some TV I like to watch, and did some ironing while watching a weird independent movie, but I ran out of television to watch & decided to finish the ironing today. I also tried sweeping the kitchen, with the aspiration of mopping it as well, but found that my arms were too sore to even sweep effectively. So, a little after 3, I went back to bed and got a couple more hours of sleep.

I always feel that if I can function normally on 4 or 5 hours of sleep, that getting 7 or 8 hours of sleep should offer some additional benefit over the mere 4 or 5 hours that I normally get. I also feel like all the extra sleep I get on the weekends (I seem to sleep till 12:45 or so on Sundays, which on a recent weekend still meant only 5 hours of sleep) should have some positive effect, but I’m always tired again at 9 at night, which seems WAY too early to me.

Still, I’ve been programming myself to run on about 5 hours of sleep, and I’m hoping before too long to be able to implement that period when I get home from work instead of later. Maybe make use of the night a little more effectively.

I’m also definitely canceling CineMax and The Movie Channel. I am resistant to getting rid of the Starz package, since most of the movies I watch are on Starz, and I am resistant to getting rid of HBO and Showtime, because I like to watch their original programming (and sometimes movies). I guess I need to consider what I watch vs. what I pay and how much each show is costing me. I think that realistically the shows I watch on SciFi and Comedy Central cost me the most, because I have to pay for so many other channels to get them, whereas with the premium channels, I pay a flat rate for 4 or 6 channels at a time, all/most of which I use. I don’t know, but I suppose that if I cut back on my television watching, I would have even more free time. maybe enough free time to get everything done AND sleep too much.

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4 thoughts on “That Sleep thing you do”

  1. Hey, speaking of cable channels, Don’t forget that Comedy Central’s new programming season starts tomorrow. New episodes of South Park, and a new series starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. Probably new episodes of other things, too. Keep an eye out. Also, remember on Friday that SciFi just started their new episodes of Farscape, The Invisible Man, and The Outer Limits last week, and you don’t want to miss those. And you missed Queer As Folk on Sunday because it was on against Six Feet Under; you need to figure out which one of those has the most compatible schedule of repeats, so you can remember to not watch the right one. I think you’re going to run into a problem where you don’t see Queer As Folk because it’s coming on during your party this week.

  2. Hey, speaking of cable channels, Don’t forget that Comedy Central’s new programming season starts tomorrow. New episodes of South Park, and a new series starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. Probably new episodes of other things, too. Keep an eye out. Also, remember on Friday that SciFi just started their new episodes of Farscape, The Invisible Man, and The Outer Limits last week, and you don’t want to miss those. And you missed Queer As Folk on Sunday because it was on against Six Feet Under; you need to figure out which one of those has the most compatible schedule of repeats, so you can remember to not watch the right one. I think you’re going to run into a problem where you don’t see Queer As Folk because it’s coming on during your party this week.

  3. I’ve just learned that next week is Queer As Folk’s Season Finale. Who knows what that means? Probably no new episodes for a while, but since it is on a cble channel, chey could start up at any time, without notice. This is the hardest part of watching TV. It was just a lucky coincidence that I saw the first new episodes of SciFi’s Friday prime shows. I have not taken advantage of Showtime’s other original programming, so I primarily watch QAF & whatever movies happen to be on at the time. Hopefully I won’t miss the new episodes when they start again.

  4. I’ve just learned that next week is Queer As Folk’s Season Finale. Who knows what that means? Probably no new episodes for a while, but since it is on a cble channel, chey could start up at any time, without notice. This is the hardest part of watching TV. It was just a lucky coincidence that I saw the first new episodes of SciFi’s Friday prime shows. I have not taken advantage of Showtime’s other original programming, so I primarily watch QAF & whatever movies happen to be on at the time. Hopefully I won’t miss the new episodes when they start again.

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