Sleepy Quirks

As if having Insomnia wasn't bad enough, I have come to realize that I have some pretty strange quirks about going to sleep. And I thought I would share them with you...well...just cause. I honestly don't have anything better to do. Maybe you will read this and realize that you are not as crazy as you think.
Lets get started.
1. There can not be any light in the room when I am going to sleep. I mean it. NONE.
2. It could be 100+ degrees and I still have to have a blanket. The more the better. Ask my room mates. I have tons of blankets on my bed.
3. I am not one of those who can sleep with the blanket half on, or with one leg sticking out. Nope. I cocoon  myself into the blankets.
4. I like to have a lot of pillows on my bed. But, I only sleep with one.
5. I have to have at least three pillows. I make a backwards 7 with two of them, and then I have to have one to hold. If there are more than I pile them up and sleep next to them.
6.Speaking of pillows, mine have to be really cold.
7. I don't like noise when I am trying to sleep. Not even white noise. It wakes up my brain and I have to figure the noise out.
8. I don't like sleeping on the edge of the bed. The middle is perfect.
9.I tend to move around a lot when I sleep. I have woken up sideways in my bed a few times.
10. If my feet are cold, I will not fall asleep. This one really sucks cause my feet are always cold. In the winter, footie pjs are my best friend.


I should probably go to sleep now. ....
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Wish me luck!

Giggling

I have learned a lot about myself these past few years. I have learned I have some pretty odd habits and quirks, one of which I think I will write about today.

When I get into a really stressful and scary situation, I giggle. No joke. I just don't know how to handle the pressure, so I giggle to ease the tension I guess. It's kinda embarrassing  since everyone else is really stressed or worried, but I can't help it! It just comes out!

Here are a few examples.

1. Once, when driving up Logan canyon in an awful snowstorm (which, all of you who have driven the canyon know is super sketch) every one else in the car sat there tensed and silent, while there I am in the back, giggling. I literally had to cover my mouth so they wouldn't hear me.

2. One time, I was climbing a tree and I fell out of it. I stayed on the ground for a good five minutes laughing. A very nice guy came over to see if I was okay, and I think it freaked him out that I was laughing and not crying.

3. The other day, a friend and I were driving in SF. San Francisco is known for the insane hills that you have to drive up. And we did drive up one. It was a practically vertical hill, and we drove up it in a tiny little hybrid car that almost didn't make it! And we giggled the entire time! We could have gotten in an accident, but there we were, laughing.

Don't get me wrong. I do get stressed and worried, but I can not, for some reason, produce a normal reaction. Oh well. Maybe giggling isn't so bad...