The cool insomnia club #2

I woke up and I thought to myself “I feel awesome.” Then I looked at the clock and realized it was only midnight. Ha. That’s what I get for going to bed at 5:30. I’ve been up since.

I’m wondering if I eat this huge bag of baby carrots like an 11 serving size bag which only has about 385 calories, if my skin will turn orangish. I’m not being silly I’ve heard that can happen if you eat too many orange foods.

It’s why flamingoes are pink. Because of all the shrimp they eat.

Not wonder I can’t sleep.

So Awesome Nammu !!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed I woke up and I thought to myself “I feel awesome.” Then I looked at the clock and realized it was only midnight. Ha. That’s what I get for going to bed at 5:30. I’ve been up since. I’m wondering if I eat this huge bag of baby carrots like an 11 serving size bag which only has about 385 calories, if my skin will turn orangish. I’m not being silly I’ve heard that can happen if you eat too many orange foods. It’s why flamingoes are pink. Because of all the shrimp they eat. Not wonder I can’t sleep.

When my daughter was about a year old she turned a weird orange color. I was terrified and took her to the pediatrician. He asked if I'd been feeding her a lot of carrot baby food. I had. He said there was nothing to be concerned about, that she was orange from the carrots. Completely harmless.

I bet she was adorable.

It is called carotenemia. Can also get it from sweet potatoes and squash. It can sometimes act as a kind of sunscreen. Long story.

up again all night,

this time as well as the imsomnia also had the heat to deal with

and my pain too

I hope everyone is soundly sleeping. Except those who are outside of the U.S. For them, I hope they're wide awake. Well, not Canadians, haha. You guys should be asleep, too.

The temperature here today was 111 degrees. I have a window a/c and 4 fans, but cannot cool it down in here. All week predicted to be the same. The cats are pancakes

One nice thing about the heat is the crickets chirping all night and day.

I'm so worried and scared and my head is the mess. I took zopiclonum to sleep and some bromazepam, I need to rest very much. I keep reading about Belarus happenings and it does not help to calm down.

I was up till 2 a.m. this morning and got up very awake at 4:30 a.m. i slept until 3 pm yesterday. I hate that about myself! Also i missed all my night meds last night.

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Originally Posted by lacerta I'm so worried and scared and my head is the mess. I took zopiclonum to sleep and some bromazepam, I need to rest very much. I keep reading about Belarus happenings and it does not help to calm down.

Hi lacerta, can you explain in a few sentences what is going on in Belarus?

Hugs to everyone in Minsk.

Wide awake almost midnight. Albert playing w his mousies we got him.

My grandmother was from Brest-latovsk, which is in Belarus.

Apparently, the citizens became exasperated with their lying dictator and are out in droves to protest. Good for them!

It's midnight. I slept until 1 pm today. Guess I was making up for getting up at 4:30 yesterday. I hope I can get up earlier tomorrow.

I’m not really sure what happened. I was lying in bed. I think I was planning on watching AGT. Then the next thing I knew it was 10:30. I’ve been awake since. But I had planned on watching it. I don’t know if I forgot or what. I know I took 10 milligrams of melatonin at 4:30 but on Tuesday when I did that I still woke up 10 minutes before it started. My mom thought I was watching it. Weird how I just lost time like that.

I've been up since about 11pm (fell asleep around 8:30pm) and it's now 2:15am. My cat has been up at night lately and that is what is keeping me up. He's got anxiety or something going on - lots of scratching and meowing. I'll need to take him to the vet to see if I can get him some meds and make sure everything is ok (he seems fine other than keeping up the household at night).

I had been on a good sleeping streak.

Smoke keeping me awake. Ashes falling in my bedroom. Sore throat. The air smells horrid.

as weird as this is, I actually like the smell of smoke. it's comforting to me

I've been known to go places just because I know people sometimes smoke their

would never do it myself though. I was offered once but said no

(in fairness I was about 13)

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Originally Posted by raging vortex as weird as this is, I actually like the smell of smoke. it's comforting to me I've been known to go places just because I know people sometimes smoke their would never do it myself though. I was offered once but said no (in fairness I was about 13)

It sounds like you've never experienced a wildfire. Normally, the scent of smoke can be pleasant. But not this. It reeks, I can see it inside of my apartment, ash is falling, and it hurts to breathe. This smoke is the stink of foliage burning, animals burning, homes, cars, and other structures burning. It's literally toxic smoke, but there's no way to escape it at this time. There is nothing pleasant about this smoke.

Beth, is there support there for folks who must leave? Do you need to leave?

Hugs.

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Originally Posted by bpcyclist Beth, is there support there for folks who must leave? Do you need to leave? Hugs.

Thank you for asking, bpc. No- thankfully, thankfully I am in a town 25 miles from the closest town under mandatory evacuation. So I'm that far from the actual fire. We're just choking on smoke here. And there's a really weird wind that the fires create...kind-of cyclic blasts of wind. In 2018 we could see fire just 10 miles from the edge of town. Horrifying. Hopefully, that won't happen this time.

All the loss of natural life is just so heartbreaking.

I'm so sorry! I'm in Washington state and we had a bad fire here a couple years ago. It wasn't as bad as what it sounds like you're experiencing, but I got horrible headaches from the smoke. I wish there was a way to just stop it.

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Originally Posted by Coolbreeze74 I'm so sorry! I'm in Washington state and we had a bad fire here a couple years ago. It wasn't as bad as what it sounds like you're experiencing, but I got horrible headaches from the smoke. I wish there was a way to just stop it.

Thank you so much. Yes...headaches, terrible dry and burning eyes, mouth, nose, throat. People are being evacuated from huge wildfires to places where the fire danger is lower, but still all smoky.

2 of my 5 cats threw up quite a bit this morning; I'm thinking they're probably reacting to the smoke.

I remember when Washington had that wildfire, yes

Hang tough, Beth.

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Originally Posted by bpcyclist Hang tough, Beth.

Your words made me cry. Guess I'm holding in a lot of fear about the fires.

Thank you, bpc

Beth. I'm so sorry you're suffering so bad. And your poor cats! I wish the west coast didn't have these problems...

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Originally Posted by Coolbreeze74 Beth. I'm so sorry you're suffering so bad. And your poor cats! I wish the west coast didn't have these problems...

Thank you so much for your kindness, Cool. Something has happened in recent years; we never used to have such firestorms. Sure, the random wildfire here or there every late summer - but not like this. Not these massively destructive raging things. And we're in drought mode, year after year after year.

This is such a gorgeous state. It's all so sad.