Friday Five: Insomnia Edition

MomPriest graciously jumped in today to give the RevGals a Friday Five:

So, on that note our Friday Five today will focus on sleep, or the lack there of.
1. Are you prone to sleep challenges? Insomnia, snoring, allergies? Other sleep challenges?
Ever since I was a teenager, I've had problems going to sleep. Sometimes reading helps me; other times, reading gets me so interested in the book that I cannot put it down--and so I stay up and up longer and longer.

My husband snores terribly, but that has been reduced since he has a sleep apnea machine he wears at night.

2. When you can't sleep what do you do? Toss and turn? Get up and read? Play computer games?
Toss and turn; get up and walk around the house; get up and get something to eat; read.

3. When you do sleep do you remember your dreams? Or just snippets of them?
I don't remember my dreams too often. Snippets of dreams are more likely to stick out.

4. Can you share a funny or confusing dream you've had? Or a dream you have over and over?
I forget the dream snippets too easily. When I was a child, I had a recurring and frightening dream of being in a war factory with long beams rolling over and over on to me. I think that had something to do with my dad being a Marine and things I overheard my parents talk about connected to his job.

5. When you don't sleep how do you get through the day? Lots of coffee? or a nap later in the day?
I drink cans and cans of TAB, which has a lot of caffeine in it. (I've never learned to drink coffee.) When it's cold, I drink hot tea. I only nap rarely, since I worry a nap will keep me from going to sleep that night. I usually get headaches if I've lost a lot of sleep and so need to take acetaminophen.