Say what now?
I’ve slept to a white noise machine my whole adult life. Probably longer. My dad taught me old style – tuning the TV to an off channel. Doubles as a night light!
I was happy with that until that one night I had a terrible vivid dream I was sitting in a rowboat with Margaret Thatcher watching Panama burn. I remember the firelight glittering in her hairspray. Turns out, it was 1989 and the channel was running a broadcast about the US invasion of Panama.
Then I got a fancy audio gadget that sat on the bedside table and made whatever kind of hiss I asked it for. I liked it well enough, but it wasn’t suitable for married weasels.
For years now, I’ve used a tablet, earbuds and Rainy Mood. I’ve gotten good at turning over without losing me ears. It has the added advantage that my alarm plays through the headset in the morning and doesn’t wake Uncle B.
But for months now, the tablet chimed quietly in the wee hours for unknown reasons. A small sound, but often enough to wake me. Sometimes happens twice in a night. Never anything on screen to tell me why. I finally got the idea to turn on notification history so I could find out what program was doing it.
Sonofa bitch. My alarm app has an upcoming alarm notification (see above, now turned off). That’s right – my alarm woke me up to tell me it was going to wake me up in a few hours. Who wants this?
Uh-oh – here comes the cat. Gotta go. Have a good weekend!
Posted: August 9th, 2024 under personal.
Comments: 9
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Comment from QuasiModo
Time: August 9, 2024, 7:38 pm
Getting the remnants of tropical storm Debby here, lots of rain that we don’t need 🌧🌧🌧
Have a nice weekend everyone 🙂
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: August 9, 2024, 8:03 pm
Heh – you (uh…was gonna say some age related adjective…)
softie.
A lap or chest sleeping pet has been used many times as an excuse NOT to do something that just HAD to be done (right now dammit!) around here.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 9, 2024, 9:15 pm
“Who wants this?”
@Stoaty, the alarm app specs came from a hospital nurse.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: August 9, 2024, 9:37 pm
So, a phone snooze alarm app.
Sorta.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 10, 2024, 12:46 am
@Pupster — Super photo! Thanks 1e6!
Comment from EA
Time: August 11, 2024, 2:32 am
I tried water sounds-makes me have to use the bathroom. I tried fire place or campfire sound and woke up terrified the house was burning down.
I discovered ASMR and cat purring or someone whispering works for me. I also have a fan and a whitenoise machine running too. And for really bad insomnia, I have a sock full of hops sprinkled with lavendar essential oil stuffed in my pillow.
Comment from Pupster
Time: August 11, 2024, 12:26 pm
Sock Full of Hops would be a pretty good band name.
Comment from Surly Ermine
Time: August 12, 2024, 1:28 am
My alarm clock jumps on the bed and misbehaves until I get up. We even got an automatic feeder and he still comes in for the wake up call. Pats me and head butts daily around 6:30. Better than the 5 am schedule he was on prior to the auto feeder. I’ve never had a cat indoors before this guy. Love him but what a jerk.
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