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June 22, 2008
Day 6
Is it just me, or does this happen to anyone else?
You wake up in the middle of the night, and you don't know where you are in your own home. Even if you've been living in the same place for years. I can still wake up in the middle of the night and have no clue how to find my way out of my own bedroom, even though the way out is as follows:
- Get out of bed
- Turn 90 degrees left
- Take two steps
I just don't understand it. Eight years we've lived here, and this still happens on a regular basis - I wake up, slide out of bed, and feel around for a door, a wall, anything to help me get my bearings. The light from the clocks doesn't look familiar, the light from the hallway doesn't tell me where I am, nothing makes any sense. There's times when I have to get out of our room, down the hall, and into the bathroom before I can figure out where the hell I am.
I can go through this house in pitch black to check the locks on the doors and never have a problem! From the bedroom, through the living room, backtrack to the kitchen (avoiding the couch and the loveseat and the birdcage), go through the kitchen (avoiding the island and the stools) into the dining room (avoiding chairs and table) and back again without incident. No lights, no glasses, no problem. But put me to sleep first, and all bets are off.
I hope it isn't just me with this problem. I'd think I was even crazier in that case.
Posted by zaren at June 22, 2008 09:51 PM