Dealing With Headaches

Although my pets can greatly help comfort me when I’m in pain, occassionally they are the cause of me being in pain in the first place. I currently am battling sleep deprivation headache because of my pets. Sometimes I think they act really scary once in a while to let me know how much I should appreciate it when they behave.

Either that, or it’s just a reminder at who’s really calling the shots.

Two in the morning and I can’t sleep because on one side of me the dog is snoring and the othe side the goldfish are attacking the tank lid. I’m not entirely sure why they attack the lid at two in the morning. Perhaps they are trying to eat the patches of algae I can’t reach to clean. Perhaps they have algae rage. Who knows.

Now, I can’t have the dog not sleep in the same room with me. That’s out of the question. This is because she chases my nightmares away. I’ve had nightmares since the womb and it’s great to be able to forget even the most disturbing dream because the dog is acting goofy.

And I can’t just tell the goldfish to sleep on the couch. The weight of the tank would break all of the springs, for one thing.

And I can’t sleep on the couch with the dog because that way I would hear my Mom snoring. I love my Mom and she is a saint on earth, but one of the reasons I sleep in the basement is because that’s the only room in the house where her snoring won’t wake you up.

Even though I’m loosing my hearing and can’t understand what people are saying most of the time I can still hear snores and goldfish algae rage as clear as a bell. What’s up with that? I’ve got a feeling when I go completely deaf (which will probably coincide with the day Peter Gabriel finally releases a new album) I will still be able to hear snores, car alarms and lawn mowers.

So, What Have We Learned?

The good thing about when the pets eake me up at night is that I can scream bloody murder at them and they don’t take it personally. In fact, they don’t pay attention to it at all.

The second thing I’ve learned is that the best way to deal with sleep derivation headache is to have a glass of water, a cup of tea and then write a long blog post complaining about your sleep deprivation headache. Sure, my head still hurts, but my conscious feels so much better.

Off to down some more Excedrin…