Favourite sleep fantasy...

[Pogger]

This morning, after a particularly horrendous night of (gorgeous) 5 month old DD waking approximately every 15 minutes (OK, maybe it was every 2 hours, but it felt like more!) I was putting towels in the airing cupboard and suddenly had an overwelming urge to climb into it for a sleep. Warm, clean-smelling, soft, lovely, mmmmm...

Obviously didn't do this but it got me thinking about how many of my daydreams now revolve around sleep. Sad state of affairs! The thought of a night in an enormous hotel bed, by myself, for 12 hours, is almost too amazing to contemplate - I'd arrive at about 4pm, have a long bath, order some room service, read my book, and then go to sleep at 8 o'clock. Until morning.

Am I alone? Do you ever do this? Either during or after a really bad night, do you ever daydream about sleep to an almost unhealthy extent?!

Yup, every morning.
Even though DD's are 2 and 3 and sleep through the night I dream of staying in a hotel and not being woken up, but being able to wake on my own.
And having DH get up with them doesn't work as I still hear them crashing around and they still wake me up!

Same here! DH is always more than happy to get up with her, but I also lie in bed listening to pop goes the weasel, various squeaks & grunts (hopefully DD not DH), and the occasional screech from one of the cats when she manages to grab a stray bit of fur.

Ah, to lie in bed waking up in my own time...

Oh God I fantasise about sleep all the time. DS is 2 and sleeps through but the early mornings kill me.

Our wedding anniversary is coming up in January and we have booked a weekend away all by ourselves!!! Is it wrong that I'm looking forward to the sleep more than anything else ?

I'm obsessed with sleep.

On a serious note - could you book into a local travelodge / inn that's cheap?

Have been very close to doing this.

My 12mo has been an absolute nightmare lately, so to go to bed about 11pm, wake at 8 or 9am then have the DCs wake up after I have had a cup of tea on my own, would be bliss.

Not spending 2am - 4am with a screaming teething baby would do as a second best though

I often fantasize about a night in a hotel by myself. In fact, I asked DH to buy me that for a birthday present this year as I love the thought of spending time in a hotel room by myself with room service, bottle of wine and a bed

Unfortunately I developed problems with my gallbladder meaning I couldn't eat/drink a lot so defeated part of the object so it never happened. However, I did have a night in the hotel where my works Christmas do was - but didn't actually go to bed until after 3am and was a bit hungover the next morning

Anyway, yes I fantasize about sleep a lot - the thought of not being woken up by DS1 at 6am in the morning or, on the rare mornings this doesn't happen, not being woken up by DH 'nudging' me at 6am in the morning

I'm obsessed with sleep too, in fact I think my anxiety over not getting enough sleep ensures that I never get a good night's sleep. My fantasy is to just go to sleep and sleep uninterrrupted for 10 hours, waking dewy and refreshed!

I like the idea of going to bed in a massive four poster with white linen drapes, crisp white cotton sheets. Or a massive squashy cloud (obviously not a real cloud, that'd be wet. And cold, but you know what I mean

I;m glad that I am not the only one, most of my daydreams revolve around sleep.

I often think about asking my sister to babysit and just booking into a hotel. My sister said "so you can spend time with dh" "Nope, just sleep!"

Yay for all the lovely sleep fantasies!

MamaVoo - I think it's absolutely fine to be looking forward to the sleep more than anything else. DH and I went out for dinner yesterday (xmas present of a night's babysitting from my sister) and had a partially serious conversation about whether the local Travelodge might give us a room for a couple of hours' kip!

SofaKing - it's really not a bad idea - they're not that expensive & could maybe be my treat once every few months when I start work again... Would you do actually do it?

MM - I feel for you. 2am to 4am is a killer - there's something about 2am still being nightime, but 4am somehow feeling like (a horribly early) morning that makes it doubly depressing.

CeeBee! Can't believe you wasted a hotel bed opportunity by going to bed at 3am! Re the 'nudge' in the morning... I have to stop myself kicking DH if he rolls over too noisily, god knows what would happen if he actually ventured over to my side of the bed!!!

Bumper - I love the cloud thing. Kind of like my enormous airing cupboard. My dream bed always has beautiful, crisp sheets too - unlike my real bed, which sadly never does, sigh...

Ros - Absolutely. Why share when you can spread-eagle yourself across the whole bed??

This is a good thread. Believe it or not ... my (deeply boring) sleep fantasy is to be able to stay up late watching Newsnight because I've been going to bed about 2130 for nearly 10 months now. For some reason I was up later than this a couple of months ago, and suddenly there was the Newsnight music (tum tum, tum dee dum). I stared at Jeremy Paxman like he was an alien from the Planet Zarg. I remember thinking he seemed to have gone a bit greyer since I last tuned in. I could watch it on Iplayer the next day probably, if I really wanted to, but that's not the point ... One day, dear Jeremy, you and I will be together again ...

(Altho obviously if I really did have an evening when I wasn't tired I wouldn't waste it watching Newsnight )

LOL Mrs B - funny how the world moves on while we're all going to bed before 10pm! I will add my hope to yours that one day, in the not too distant future, you & Jeremy will be reunited!

I've just thought of another one, which I often think about when I'm washing up in a zombie-like state & looking out at our completely overgrown beautifully wild garden...

I'm on a beach somewhere on a very comfortable lounger, it's lovely & warm but not too hot. I have a soft blanket because the sun is setting, and I'm dozing on & off with absolutely nothing to wake up for (except maybe a very large gin & tonic).

[Wistful emoticon]

Pogger yes I did waste my night in a hotel - but otoh, I had not been out on a 'proper' night out since before DS1 was born 3.5 years ago so I was torn between a nice sleep in the hotel room or staying out late having a good time with alcohol - I think you can guess which one won