As some of you may be aware I suffer from a dreadful medical condition known as thin eyeliditis. It probably has a suitably impressive latin name had it been officially recognized however it hasn’t made it’s way to Wikipedia yet so it remains known only as thin eyelids.
I have suffered with it for many years as the mountains of alarm clocks in storage in the UK, the skips full of alarm clocks thrown away when we moved and the handful of alarm clocks in drawers around the house in Bellevue will testify. The trouble is the light they give off is sooooo bright! It stops me getting to sleep and sometimes they even wake me up because they are deliberately target me!
I had hoped that the current version would be ok – it had 3 different brightness settings on the clock – but even on the lowest setting it focuses the light right into my eyes.
These last couple of nights in the middle room seem to have made the condition even worse! The wireless router, although probably 9 ft away woke we up the other night shining brightly into my eyes. I wouldn’t have minded but I’d put a book in front of it to stop it before I went to bed but at some point in the night the light managed to move the book and then direct it’s full glare straight at me. I had to spend the rest of the night asleep under the duvet shielding my eyes.
That very same night the lights from next doors house was upsetting me. It was either that or a star somewhere. Trouble was that the blinds were pulled but the slats were slanting into the room and pointing downwards and this let sooooo much star light in.
It has now evolved into quite a complex night time routine. I have to make sure the blind slats point upwards, make sure the alarm clock light is set to low, make sure there is no bottle of water in front of the alarm clock as some how this refracts the light and burns it straight at me, make sure the wireless router lights are hidden behind a book or piece of paper and make sure that an object of some sort is positioned in front of the cable modem.
I haven’t worked out how to block out the light from the bathroom where the light has to be on all night to keep the boys happy. Who would have thought sleeping could be so stressful? I’m starting to sympathize with Aunty A and her sleeping issues!
Why don’t you wear an eyemask. I bet Tracy still has the one in her BA Club Class amenity pack..or treat yourself to a lovely soft sheepskin one…
Tracy said she would buy me some eye muffs! I’m not sure how comfortable they will be!
You are obviously sleeping on the wrong side of the bed ! You should be away from the window and looking towards the wall. Then if you turn over, you will always have Tracy to shield you.
Another suggestion is Goggles but on reflection, so to speak, not a good idea; you might frighten Tracy if she wakes up suddenly in the middle of the night !
I can’t sleep facing the wall because that would mean changing the side of my body I sleep on and that sounds like it could cause all sorts of additional problems!
How about turning the bed round, then you will be sleeping on your right side !