Day 194 : Sleep

Today was a fasting day.

As I mentioned yesterday I have decided to get up at 6AM during the week in order to have time to do a bike ride before starting my day.  I usually got to sleep around 11PM so I felt 7 hours was a good amount of sleep to aim for (half as long as a Lion but twice as long as an Elephant).  However, I did not take into account the sleeping patterns of my "co-sleeper".  Fianna's approach to sleep is "never enough", which means, my options are to have a grumpy wife or to give up my morning routine.  Another option would be to sleep in my office during the week, but I don't think this would improve her mood.   I wonder if sleeping in the same bed is the best solution for healthy marriages.  After all so many things can be different :

• Snoring
• Moving around
• Talking
• Hogging the duvet
• Going to sleep at different times
• Waking up at different times
• Wanting the window open or closed
• Different body temperatures
• Wanting the blinds open or close

Why do we expect our life partners to have exactly the same sleeping requirements as we do?  

I think it's time technology arrived in our bedrooms.  Once the couple is asleep the two halves of the bed could automatically separate and a sliding wall would split the room in two.  Then in the morning the wall would slide away again once both sleepers are awake. After all the best part of being in bed together is surely the part where we are both awake ?!