Counting sheep
So, I’m not sure if I’ve ever blogged about this before. I know I’ve mentioned it to a few people, but not everyone. Anyway, I was looking at the shirt tonight on shirt.woot.com and it reminded me.
So anyway, I have this thing I do when I’m trying to sleep. I haven’t done it as much recently, but it used to be a lot, when I’m going through spells of not sleeping well. Anyway, when I can’t sleep I try the really lame counting sheep thing. It’s always the same. Sheep are lined up, coming down through a field, and then they have this little wooden fence to jump over, similar to the one in the picture below.
Now, here’s where my problem kicks in. Before I say this, I will say, go ahead and analyze me all you want. I don’t care. Anyway. The first few sheep are fine, do their thing. But after a few sheep jump, they start jumping too fast for me to keep up with the counting. You’d think, since it’s my mind controlling this, I could slow them down. But it doesn’t work. I can’t control them once they start jumping too fast. What does help is that I open my eyes and stop. Close my eyes and then picture in a gate that they have to go through before they can jump the fence. I seem to have more control over the gate than I do the jumping sheep. Ultimately, they figure it out and it never really helps me sleep.
Yes. I know it’s weird. But it’s all true. Psycho-analyze me and my sheep all you want.
