Today's word from Diary: Toss and Turn

2/4/2009

Today is the last day before 'Super Tuesday.' It's the day when 24 states out of 50 states in the U.S. hold caucuses and primary elections. The television news is covered with stories about who will be each party's nominee for president. The star of the movie Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, now governor of California, made an endorsement for Republican Senator John McCain, while his wife endorsed Democratic Senator Barack Obama. Even the Korean news media shows a big interest in what is going to happen on Super Tuesday. One of the main news stories on Korean internet news was "Hillary Clinton tears up again. Will it work again?"

My husband is also very interested in tomorrow's elections. After he got back from school, he watched the news while eating lunch. He looked a little tired, and said "I was very tired last night when I went to bed, but I was tossing and turning for a long time." Toss? That's the word I heard when I played dodge ball in middle school. "Does tossing mean you throw your body around?" I asked. He answered, "When you say tossing and turning, it means you move your body around a lot trying to make yourself comfortable because you can't fall asleep."

I also have a hard time falling asleep at night because I am really a night owl, and have been since my childhood. I am more creative and productive during the night than the day. So even when I had to work from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at my previous job, I often stayed up until 2-3 a.m. to generate more creative ideas. It could have made me tired during office hours, but I was fine, except that I was exhausted during the weekend. My body doesn’t seem to need as much sleep as average people.