Sleeping Cap

When did I start thinking 6 hours a night was acceptable?

It's not. Today I find myself exhausted. I am on reserve and hoping they don't call me, simply because I want to sleep. Yesterday I did a round trip to LAX. It was a show time of 5am. That meant I had to get up at 3am. It was the beginning of a 4 day trip that the regular FA decided to take vacation hours for those first 2 legs so she wouldn't have to get up so early. Fine with me...her laziness got me in the air. I miss my job. Although I'm finding it more difficult to smile and be as happy as I'd like to be.

I spent the next 5 hours sleeping at the airport on ready reserve. Well not all 5 hours were spent sleeping. It was difficult to sleep because 3 burly men were tearing down walls in a storage shed that ajoined the one next to my head.
I remember screaming..."GO TO LUNCH!" and you know what, they did! I managed to sleep half of my reserve time until they walked into my room in the crew lounge and flipped on the lights looking for the power control panel. "oh, I'm sorry- did we wake you up?'
"Yah, you did. Thanks a lot." Now of course that's not what I said. I'm to nice. It was more like..."Yeah, but that's okay- I needed to get up anyway." Liar.

The other half of my ready reserve, I did things like work on Annie and talk with my lawyer.

For the last week I've been sleeping with an oversized red, soft, fleece hat on my head. Now I know why people used to do this. Sleeping caps make a lot of sense. They keep your body heat in so you stay warmer, plus it works great to keep the light out of your eyes. I can just pull it down over my eyes and it blocks the light and provides weight, which helps my eye muscles relax. It's like having a blanket for my face without covering my nose (which I can't stand). I have been falling to sleep faster and waking up more refreshed. If you really need to get to sleep fast, use earplugs as well. It's fool proof!

You should try it. I totally recommend it.