Over the past few weeks, I've had precious little sleep. One of the
reasons is that I hear digging outside. No one else hears it. It
sounds like someone is under the house. The noises are like digging or
rocks grinding together. It's quite annoying.
The other reason is that I usually wake in the middle of the night
(usually early morning) to find "friends" sitting on my bed. One
night, Jeffrey was standing over me. I screamed out and kicked him
away out of instinct. Woke up my roommate. Thankfully, she was very
understanding.
The problem with these things (and other things) disrupting my sleep
is that lack of sleep can increase stress, which seems to increase
problematic symptoms, which increases disrupted sleep... yeah. It
sucks.
Several nights ago, I had a very rude awakening. I had successfully
drowned out the grinding, digging sound, when I heard a loud thud
against the wall. I sat up, startled, and saw Jeffrey banging his head
against the wall.
"Quiet! You'll wake up..." and then I realized that I was probably the
only one hearing him.
"Never mind. Bang your head all you want."
He sat on the edge of the bed and I tried to go back to sleep.
Jonathan has played his hand much more deftly, I think. He has
recently taken an interest in BASH and the history of operating
systems, subjects very dear to my heart. With this, he has managed to
engage me in conversations. I really am enjoying our time together.
Meanwhile, I have discovered that when Markus bogarts my food, it is
actually me that is eating it. This is one of the reasons I can't lose
weight. Example: I opened a bag of M&Ms, had two, then went into a
brief coding session. Ten minutes later, the bag was 3/4 gone. I
looked over at Markus, who was smiling. Fucking hell! This was not a
small bag, but one of those "family size" deals. 3/4 of that bag!
But in the end, I know it's me eating them. I mean, where else would
they go? Shit. So, I'm apparently capable of doing things that I later
don't remember, which isn't a good trend.
At least I'm not banging my head against the wall. Yet.
