LJ Idol Presents:

It really depends, to be honest - I'm awake most of the time right now due to my chronic insomnia, but when I'm sick, I sleep constantly. There's nothing consistent about my schedule, and while I'd love to sleep from, say, 3 am to 10 am, my body isn't keen about that.

James goes to bed at 9:45-10 pm, so I spend 2-3 hours with Toby after that, and then, he goes to bed. I'm up to write, make lesson plans for James, work on vocal training, continue planning for my business - whatever I need to do. I like the quiet downtime. But then I don't go to bed until 6 am and I need to be up by noon for James so we can do school after lunch, and yeah - tl;dr, it's a mess.

I kind of like your plan, though - sleeping from 10-3 and then taking an afternoon nap. I've heard that polyphasic sleeping is great for some people. I'm just wondering if it would be good for me with how sick I get/how often I am stuck on the couch, anyhow! But I like the way it works for you.

And I know it will take time - thanks. :) Everyone knew me as Mandi - hell, *I* knew me as Mandi - until April 2020. So I don't expect everyone to get it right 100% of the time. But who I am has changed. So Alexa or Lex both work, though most people go with Lex and I've grown fond of it. I'll be using that name for my business, too, so it all works out. Now, to talk about this subject with my family. It's a name change and nothing more/dramatic/bad, but... you know. Family.