It’s Tuesday and one of my favorite days of the week. Not only because it’s the second day at my new job (that totally rocks by the way!) but it’s that day of the week when we get to share those funny, hilarious, shocking and totally true stories with the blog world thanks to Rachel and Mr. Daddy. So read this embarrassing little ditty about me, then head on over there and check out the rest of them. You won’t be disappointed. I promise!
I’ve mentioned before that I don’t have the easiest time sleeping. As in, I will sometimes go 3 or 4 days with only an hour or two of sleep each night. It finally got the best of me and I went to the doctor for a little Ambien. Have you heard the horror stories about this little sleepy-head inducing pill? Oy vay!
I had reached the point of no return and decided that night I would finally take an Ambien and get some sleep. Like a baby I slept. I woke up the next morning and was a little sluggish for a while but nothing like the side effects I had heard about. Whew!
Fast forward four weeks. I get a delivery at the office. Huh? I opened the package and couldn’t for the life of me figure out when I had ordered anything and then saw it was for a school in the area and it was then I remembered that my friend’s daughter’s class had a fundraiser at school and she had sent us the website to check it out and see if we wanted anything. Apparently I did a little shopping. The night I took the Ambien. Oh yes I did!
When I started going through everything I almost peed my pants laughing. I had purchased bread warmer stone like this:
Nice, huh? Except mine had no basket…just a big flat piece of terra cotta. There were more things in there.
I bought a pewter kitchen prayer. And Christmas wrapping paper with fishing lures all over it. But wait! There was one last thing in the box. I suppose I thought That Man would like a new ornament for his Christmas tree. What do you think?
Can you see it very well? Why yes – it is a fisherman at the end of the hook on the fishing rod that fish is holding. Seriously?
I know y’all think it couldn’t get any better (or scarier) but it does. Remember how I said the package was delivered to my office? That means while under the influence of Ambien I not only did a little fundraiser shopping on line, I had to use the bill to/ship to option. Now that is scary!
What’s your Ambien story?
19 comments:
LOL I had a coworker play and invite me to play in a bunch of Facebook apps while under the influence of Ambien. I asked her what was up the next day and she had absolutely no recollection. LOL
I have no ambien stories, but when I take over the counter sleeping pills I tend to catch myself talking out loud. Like I'll wake myself up. Tylenol PM doesn't make me weird, so I use that when I need to.
In one of her books, Jen Lancaster tells of receiving Barbie merchandise in the mail that apparently she ordered on Ambien. She doesn't have kids.. Apparently she just likes Barbie subconsciously.
On a scarier note, I've heard of people waking up from Ambien to find themselves driving. Sleep driving! So be careful. Hide your keys from yourself or something.
ROFL, I think I need some of that so Rach can take advantage of me??? LOL
"O" wait I want to remember it...LMBO
great story...
ha ha!! that is so funny..I will have to think hard because nothing comes to mind yet!:)
My mom would have weird dreams, and would act them out.. like a dream about combing out the tail feathers of chickens..ummm yeah..
that's scary stuff! I agree with the suggestion of hiding your keys. I have no problem going to sleep at all. Don't hate me, please.
I totally thought of the Jen Lancaster Barbie thing when I read this!!
I texted the boy from my youth in the middle of the night after taking a Xanax/Sominex cocktail (the asshole that stole my shoes at least gave me a few Xanax for the road) I have no recollection of the event occurring. Good thing he works nights or else a text @ 3:00 AM would've probably not made him too happy.
That is so funny!
I suffer from insomnia (which is why I'm usually posting comments at 1 AM or later), but I've never taken anything. I have strong reactions to medication-Contac once made me hallucinate-so I try to skip them! I can't even imagine what would happen to me if I took Ambien!
Lmfao!! Girl...I don't THINK I've done anything like that since I've been on Ambien...but now you've got me a little worried haha! I'm so freakin' excited (and feel terribly guilty because I'm just realizing) that you got the job!! YAY for you!
Funny story! I too am not a good sleeper and found that a glass of wine (yahoo!) helps tremendously and doesn't leave me feeling groggy or leave me with items I don't remember ordering. Now if I could just remember his name...
I have no personal Ambien stories but at one point, I was traveling a lot for work and my coworker was addicted to Ambien. But he would take them and not always immediately go to bed. He would say the craziest things. We called them crazy pills.
Oh wow! I don't have any stories, because I don't take Ambien, but I'll probably avoid it. Just b/c I already talk and sometimes walk in my sleep without any medication!
Ambien makes me see things that aren't there so I don't take it anymore. I would rather have no sleep than think my dresser is trying to kill me.
I haven't tried Ambien yet but now I think I'm gonna. It sounds like a combination of two of my favorite things - sleep and surprises in the morning.
wow!! and I was totally thinking of getting some Ambien too!! I am having trouble sleeping too for some reason but after this I may have to suffer :)
OMG! That is scary and hilarious all at the same time!
Is ambian the one with the butterflies in the commercial?!
I am sorry to say I sleep like a rock. Letterman puts me to sleep every time!
*thwack* (smacking Mr. Daddy, you're welcome).
That is outrageously funny - sorry. I'm laughing WITH you. That is just hilarious and I have no idea how I'd react if I did the same thing (cuz it's not like a certain someone ever had sleepwalking issues and tried to pee in the refrigerator or anything *ahem*)
Still cracking up - thanks chica!
(Tried to leave a comment earlier, and stupid internet was flipping out - sorry)
That is freaky! Were you able to get some sleeping help with less side effects?
Great Ambien story. I've heard a few at the station...
Me, I rotate between Valerian Root, L-Tryptophan, Melotonin, Benadryl, and um, beer...
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