All New Night Owls 🦉🌙 ☕️

I think we call it bi-phasic sleep.

I thought biphasic was when you have a shorter than normal night sleep and also a day sleep notspaggetti

It can be, but the "original" was when you had a gap in the night sleep.
It's thought that the one-sleep at night only started during the industrial revolution!

Other patterns do include the siesta thogh

Now I'm going to have to Google it!

😂😂.
I know we are actually programmed as we get older to have shorter sleeps with a break or breaks between
It never really worries me I still nod off in the late afternoon evening whether I sleep well or not 😳

www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/biphasic-sleep#:~:text=Biphasic%20sleep%20is%20a%20sleep,as%20segmented%20or%20bimodal%20sleep.

Interesting. It's a while since I heard about this.
This article doesn't mention it but I read that scientists believe it started with early man migrating North where the nights were longer. I think I read it made sense to get up, tend fires etc.

I also read that the idea of "early to bed, early to rise" linked with being virtuous is a new idea.
Good! I have been awake since 4 ish and will probably go back to sleep in a while and then be "late" up. 🙄

Gosh, if your sleep pattern suggestions are accurate then I perhaps may have actually arrived at 'old'. Perish the thought!

Kim I prefer to think of myself as 'in tune with my body*!

Morning all,
Wide awake here. Unfortunately l have Covid. The first time l have caught it. I'm not feeling so good and l am unable to visit my DH.
I hope that my other Night Owls are fairing better than l.

Maya1! I don't know what to say. There are no words! Misfortune is just bombarding you at present.

Your DH is being cared for in hospital, so now you have to look after yourself and you will get through this. I know how unpleasant the symptoms are. Fortunately I was staying with my DD at the time. Stay hydrated and eat small nutritious snacks if you can. I expect your DD is bringing supplies.

Hope you're actually sleeping now.

Oh Maya, you poor thing. I’m so sorry. Like Ginny says, please take care of yourself

Thank you Ginny and Fanny. Unfortunately lm not sleeping.
I still have to take finny out as he refuses to go with anyone else but me.
I just put my coat on over my pyjamas and make sure no one else is around. It's a good thing he isn't an active dog.
Yes l am lucky that my DH is getting such good care where he is.
Thank you all for your support and guidance.

Image of you out in your PJs!

Aah, yes, I’ve been there too Maya. Especially when we’ve gone away to a cottage.
I remember standing in the pouring Northumbrian rain at 2am; in my nightie and anorak; while Gracie just ambled around sniffing everything
Fortunately she’s not an active dog either, and can pop in and out of the cat flap into the garden.
But that’s not too great if she spots a fox during another 2am outing (she has a very loud bark for such a little dog).
I hope that you are feeling a tiny bit better today x

Oh Maya as if you haven't had enough to deal with, now Covid. I hope you are resting and looking after yourself. The hospital will take great care of your DH. 🌺

Thank you, yes l am trying to rest as much as possible. I know Fanny, Finn looks at me as if to say l will just have a sniff or ten at 11.00pm.
Drinking plenty of lucozade....l know many don't like but it reminds me of my childhood, bringing back happy memories. I am aching all over and have lost my sense of taste and smell now.
My ds and ddil continue to visit my dh daily and give me updates.

Awake again and it's my own fault. I got over tired yesterday after 5 hours clearing out my ex's home, fell asleep about 7.pm and woke up at 12.30 with lights on and music playing. Now watching a series on Netflix.

Lucozade reminds me of my childhood too! It does boost energy levels and it's surely OK right now when other things taste awful. I just took paracetamol, which I normally don't like to take, but it did help with Covid symptoms. I know it's hard, but it literally is a day at a time, each day making even a tiny bit of progress and you will get there.

I'm awake too Ginny. I did exactly the same, fell asleep at 7pm.
I woke up at 1.30am.

It sounds like you are very busy with your ex's house, no wonder you are exhausted.

The estate agent advised me yesterday I could do less and it will fetch a good price, but I know how it should look. It does have to be cleared though and prepped for sale. Divorced for 33 years. It seems surreal.

Are you able to read? Do you have something to while away the wakeful hours?

You have to be happy yourself with how the house looks. I hadn't realised that you had been divorced for such a long time. It must seem so strange being at the house now.

I love reading, Ginny, but l cannot seem to concentrate on anything at the moment. I can download magazines so l have been looking at some of those.

Like you, l have netflix. I like foreign crime series.

I like a wide variety of things on Netflix, some of the Korean series and Swedish films like Under Solen, films like I Used to be Famous and the Turkish film My Father's Violin. Have you tried Somebody Feed Phil? an easy watch and entertaining especially in the early hours.

I use GN like a magazine picking and choosing which threads interest me.

I was so upset with my catchup tv not working (again) that after trying to get it sorted all day with no success (TalkTalk used to send engineers out but you just get bots these days) I fell asleep till 11 and decided to do some tidying up. But ended up going through books and cd’s and then playing said cd’s. The dog, who doesn’t like loud music, is having a sleepover so I’m playing a lot of my favourite stuff very loud. I’d forgotten how much music lifts my spirits. Had a couple of cups of non decaffeinated coffee and that keeps me awake for hours! Currently listening to Liege and Lief May move onto Steeleye Span or a bit of Neil Young…

Ginny. Unlike you I remained in the family home but I’m trying to sort out nearly fifty years of accumulated memories. I can’t imagine how I would be feeling if I’d been away for many years and then had to do it. How sensitive of your DGS to understand how you must be feeling. My husband and I never stopped loving each other but as far as our characters go, we should never have married and it was a lonely marriage. My daughter told me that I should have moved to another house when we split up and I think she was right. Too many memories…