I began our journey in the Airstream in 2020 relatively healthy. Yeah, I suffered from lifelong insomnia. Throw in some serious grief. Probably some chronic PTSD from my past. Seriously, nothing most people my age don’t have, either that stuff or other stuff I know my friends deal with. Your ordinary modern ailments, let’s say. […]
Tag: insomnia
‘Twas the Night before Christmas, and all through the Apartment Building …
Let me get this out of the way: it’s been a rough December, for so many people, and for us, too. Although I bet no one’s as bummed as these neighbors whose sticky, fake blood signs stained their front door. They can’t escape from Halloween even now. Yes, we’re still in the apartment. No, we […]
Sleepy Snowshoeing
My snowshoeing experiences have mirrored my mood lately: lots of (literal and figurative) ups and downs, but I keep pushing on, knowing I’m learning each time I go out, getting better at this life business each trip around sun. Whatever. No matter how I try to write that I sound like a Hallmark card in […]
Apartment Life in the Winter
My guilty little secret: I love this apartment. Our name for the modem in the Airstream was Firefly, the name we gave the trailer that we kinda knew from the beginning wouldn’t stick but we chose it, anyway, because man do we love that show. For the apartment we had to pick a modem name […]
Not What It Feels Like to Have Severe RLS
It is the day after Thanksgiving, and I should be posting about all the things I’m grateful for. I did have a wonderful Thanksgiving with a lot to be grateful for. I also had an entirely sleepless night, so it’s time for this post, instead. I’ve started writing this a bunch of times and […]
Confessions from a Sticks and Bricks
That last post I wrote was pretty lame: all the what and whens and none of the feelings behind our current transition. Here goes my attempt at getting back to my regular, emotionally driven writing style. Gee, aren’t you excited? You Can Now Buy Our Airstream I found it listed on Copart, and what a […]
The Girl Who Does Not Sleep
Once upon a time, a certain child was born (and you know who I mean. Me!). This was a much-awaited child, a beloved child, but she was born very small. To keep her alive, she was put in an incubator, basically a plexiglass box where only nurses could touch her to change her tiny diaper […]
Some Who Wander Are Lost Part 3: Insomnia
This is a personal series about how I’m particularly unsuited to travel (but do it anyway). Part 1 is about being lost in all manner of ways and part 2 is about my hatred for our trailer hitch. Exciting stuff! Full disclosure: I slept for six hours last night and the night before. This is […]
Insomnia in a Small Space Update
(Not Really; Just More of the Same) Back in April I wrote here about how I try to deal with my chronic insomnia in the Airstream. Thank you, insomnia (not)—here is a seven-month update to being awake in a tiny space when everyone else is asleep. Banjo Hates Me Back then, Banjo used to sleep […]
Insomnia in a Small Space
Editor’s note: This is a real-time post, so to speak, so all photos were taken in the dark with low lighting. That’s my excuse, anyway. You guys know I am a terrible sleeper and always have been. Back when I lived in a house (oh, way back before retirement and the coronavirus and life in […]
