Swimming in a fish bowl

Has anyone had sleeping troubles before? if you have, please give me some advice.

I did all the wrongs things one could do to your body — alcohol, ice-cream and chocolate before bed, no exercise, late nights and early starts, too much caffeine and too little water. Plus, MacDonald’s take-away.

Last week I attempted a detox but was interrupted by an invitation to drink wine at a nearby bar by my new neighbour.

Even though the manic week was over, I still couldn’t sleep properly. I lay in bed but only snatched fragments of blackness in my mind. Last night, I took a sleeping pill which i was told has no side effects.

Well, now I feel like I’m like a gold fish paddling away in my little bowl. Are goldfish almost as dumb as rabbits? I don’t know but I am slow as hell today. I couldn’t follow my lesson and flubbed many times during pairwork. Thank goodness the guys I sat next to laughed it off. Some people may find that annoying because it’s a hindrance to their progress.

Perhaps I overdid the whole going out thing. I’ve never met so many different people in the last two weeks compared to the months I’ve been here. I found myself repeating the same stories about myself and it got extremely exhausting. While my enthusiasm is my biggest driver here, I should learn how to pace things out.

I wish I could relax. It’s no fun feeling like you’ve not slept in awhile. I’m as slow as molasses. Damn, I don’t think I’ve even eaten molasses in my whole life. Think I got that from an American book I liked when I was eight…

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