family visit

[Guest guest]

I have snapped out of a six month, thing, which has dogged me

getting up in the morning before 9:00 am to 11:00 am and caused me

to stay awake until 4 am in the morning.

I know the reason for this sleep disorder. It was caused by working

a steady night shift for five to six years, from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am

and sleeping during the day. I left that job in December 2005, and

have been re-adjusting for six months. I have tried tricking myself

into sleeping at night by staying up for 24 hours on some days so I

will sleep that night and return to nightly sleeping. I realized

that this something I had already did while working nights and doing

it was just a continuation of the five to six year sleep pattern

during the day. I would stay awake for 24 hours so I could stay

awake during the days on the two day weekend while I was on night

shift.

I gave up completely and resigned myself to being a victim of a

sleeping disorder and could not wake up before 9:00 am no matter

what I did. I went for my daily exercise at the pool between 12:00

noon and 4:00 pm.

I am happy to announce that I have been sleeping at night and waking

up early in the morning so I can attend the 7:30 am to 9:00 am

morning swim. This is almost steady for one week now, friday to

friday. I admit one week does not indicate that the sleep disorder

is gone yet. But things are getting better.

I had time to call my family and make a day visit to see my mother

and father on a day that was not a so called " family get together "

ie Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Mother's or Father's Day

etcetera.

I managed to persuad my mother to watch the world cup game between

Spain and France. Part of the deal was, the game time would be

limited and the game was only two 45 minute play sessions. And this

was the most watched sports game in the world with the highest

number of viewers with the world wide audience.

Thank God there was only a few minutes of added time, or I might of

missed the finished of the game.

Best regards from Bill

ps - my mother knows I do not have a tv and also that I do not watch

sports that much. My mother agreed to this and said " which team is

yours " I made a reply, " I don't have a team " which is true. I gave

her my arm chair advice saying " I thought Spain made it easy for

Brazil to win the World Cup " .