Nightmares.
March 12th, 2008
Waking up in the middle of the night to utilities laying power in your room may not seem like a nightmare to you, but to someone like me who has been spending most of her days working in a dark backstage, it’s a horrible dream. Lately, I have been waking up at 2am or 3, jolting out of bed thinking that I am in the middle of a keynote and I am needed to set up the stage, help a demoer or that something is going wrong. It really puts a damper on the good night’s sleep.
I’ve come up with a new strategy that I am going to try out tonight. Since backstage is always dark, and since my hotel room is dark at night, I am going to try leaving a light on when I head to bed. I can’t change the lighting backstage, but I can in my room. Perhaps then, when I wake up, I will see the light and know that I am not, in fact, at a keynote, but rather, in a hotel room.
Then, hopefully, I will get some decent REM.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Remember when Kim K. fell asleep at a MS Conf when we had to manually click to each slide for the speaker? She fell asleep, while sitting at the front of the room - directly in front of the speaker - and he leaned over and said, “Hellooooo” in front of all the attendees. Your posting reminded me of that. To hear Kim tell that story is hilarious.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Why don’t you get a nightlight? I think it would be difficult to sleep wit the lights on.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I like how you said “when I wake up I’ll see the light” Just make sure your on earth when you see the light. If your in heaven shut your eyes and come back to us!