Which one works?

Theoretically, if you make a wish to come true on the only shooting star you ever saw in your state, and then make the same wish a week later on a regular star - then reverse it immediately to have the wish not happen, which one comes true? The wish or not-the-wish? Or do they cancel each other out? Is there a punishment for reversing a wish?

I have to think about something when I can't sleep.

I had my sleep study, along with the nap study the next day this week. It was awful. I carefully read the paper I was given and instead of telling me that I had to go to bed at 11 pm like last time, it said, "The sleep study will begin once you feel ready to go to sleep (usually at or before 11 pm."

That does not say I had to go to bed at 11 pm, does it? Noooo. It implies that I got to choose my bedtime. I had three books and my computer with me. Luckily I also had some Xanax and some sleeping pills. I took a Xanax to be able to allow the tech to paste electrodes and wires onto me. I took double my usual sleeping medication to be able to keep from running out the door screaming. I did sleep a little. I tried hard to sleep. The tech turned the bright lights on in my eyes at 6 am, after insisting that I absolutely had to be in bed with the lights out and trying to sleep at 11 pm. She didn't care what the papers said. (I decided it wasn't prudent to point out the typing errors in the papers. There are two of them.)

This is supposed to simulate a night's sleep for me? I sleep roughly from 2 am to 8 am. I sleep with a window open for fresh air if the low temp for the night is above 45 degrees. I leave the blinds open so I can wake up gradually to sunlight, or perhaps the kids behind me playing basketball. Or birds. Maybe the dogs barking at a dozen deer dancing in my back yard. I never wake up to someone turning on a light in my face.

Even if I am not sleeping alone, no one turns a bright light on in my face if they get up first. If it did happen, I am sure they wouldn't do it twice. My ex-husband didn't. Turning bright lights on in someone's face is just rude.

Two hours later I was expected to nap for 20-30 minutes. Very, very funny. After that rude awakening (and I really wasn't even sleeping at 6 am, so I heard her coming), I wasn't likely to nap at all. I didn't. Not at 8 am, not at 10 am, noon, or 2 pm. I was supposed to try again at 4 pm, but the tech gave up on me at 2:30 and let me go home. Each two hours I had to lie down in the dark and pretend to sleep on the bed.

I never nap in a bed. If I do nap, which is rare, it will be in my recliner. Once I am up at 8 am, I do not return to the bed for sleep until night time again. Even at a time like when I had my shoulder surgery, I didn't return to the bed for a nap. I also don't sit in a small room with no sunlight from 9 pm until 2:30 pm.

No one asked me what my usual sleeping hours are, or how I might nap, or anything. I was told to wear a t-shirt and shorts, but this being my second sleep study, I wore a tank top and sleep shorts. Electrodes have to be pasted on the shoulders, too.

Have I mentioned that I am allergic to adhesives? Recently I had an incident with a perfectly normal band aid. I must have shaved something too close, and I was bleeding under my arm. I put on several bandages throughout the day, as the bleeding continued for about 12 hours. I am not a bleeder by any means. When I removed the last bandage, I noticed blood leaking under my skin. It was very blue, then purple. Over the following several days, it went through the normal bruising colors. It also swelled up something ugly and was very red. It got dry, very dry, and is only now almost normal. Very weird stuff. Also, it was only from one side of the bandage, not both sides.

So, I wasn't very comfortable having adhesives on my face, scalp, neck, chin, legs, shoulders. The worst reaction was actually my shoulders, oddly enough. It's all better now.

Fat chance I would ever do another sleep study unless someone can come up with a really, really good reason or if I can take my dogs, who were left home with the child for the night. I was supposed to sleep without a beagle or something equally furry pressed up tight on each side of me?

I think not.

I think my next star-wishing will involve no more sleep studies in my future.

Or is it bad luck to tell someone your wish? I just don't remember the rules.