"Full Definition of WHITE NOISE
1
a
: a heterogeneous mixture of
sound waves extending over a wide frequency range — compare pink noise
b : a constant background noise; especially : one
that drowns out other sounds"
And as you see above it has nothing to do with Archie Bunker making a racket, unless I have TV land tuned in on my idiot box while trying to sleep at night...
My realization and understanding of the process of noise drowning out other noise is very scientific and beyond my ken.
But I will say this about that as one of those who has maintained most of their adult life to feel the need to have a TV playing in the background during the process of trying hard to get some shut-eye, I have now been rudely awakened to the fact that all these years that when it did work by trial an error, it was just that!
This week has helped me to 'get' the how in the issue of falling asleep and acquiring a restful bodily rejuvenation.
And I am sorry to say that for all those years I must have been sadly mistaken, but not always, never will I admit to always, really who would, would you?
Hubby would be sound asleep, for in those days it would take three alarms to wake him, and since he is still a rock once into slumber-land ( I'm so jealous of that), anyway so I would know it was okay to turn the boob tube on that is as long as it was heard like ambient noise by my keen sense of hearing in those days of the normal nigh-time house utterances...
Fascinating as I am sure all the above is, my epiphany was of that of the nights that seem to sleep this week and the one that was juxtapose to that my position on my way of thinking...
It is indisputable that on the nights that I truly had my best rest were the nights that I shut off the TV!
OMG!
Could this be true, all those so-called specialist on TV, Dr. Oz again, but Gosh I don't even watch his shows only his promos!
He said NO TV in the bedroom, only two things should be done in there, sleep and sex, was it him, or Oprah, I get their quotes mixed up?
Both wise folks.
I have been
sleepless in Oradell, Lakewood, Lanoka Harbor
Bamber Lake Ormond Beach, Ormond Beach, Punta
Gorda and finally here in Port Charlotte! All
my adult abodes!
The times they
are a changing and so must I; but don't tell Hubby, since his logic was to shut
the damn thing off years ago!
sure I read in
bed and when our youngest would awake he would climb into bed with us, although
Daddy was out like a light but Mommy was up and so he and I, dare I say would
watch late night TV from Johnny Carson to Vampire movies, whatever the
entertainment was back then in the late 1970's or early 80's...
He never ever
had any night mare contrary to public belief with young children...
Actually,
before he chose nuclear engineering as his profession, he was into acting in
high school productions and had a rock band.
My night owl,
older bro, number one son, was like his dad, a rock of a sleeper!
And so, in
conclusion of my grasp of this newest reality for me, so I will be sleeping ala
naturalle, noise wise, not nude, not with this zaftig frame that is I shall be
instead unencumbered by noise from artificial means to drown out natural
ambience… TA DA!
I hereby decry
this statement on this date of 2-22-14, my dear departed Mother’s birthday.
She would be so
very happy that I resolved another issue in my under stimulated life of real
needs to be gotten for what I deal with daily…HUH?
Sure I have
them, but don’t we all?
Sometimes, sorry
that I forget too…
On that note
of trying harder to get the world and hopeful they get me too allow me to be
the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly
count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we
will too!
And next time
please be here or be square, ya hear?
PS Nothing to
lose, any of you out there who are like the way that I have been, stubborn
about needing that ‘white noise’, all these years; let me suggest try it you
might like it?
PSS It seemed
to work so well I think I will try it again tonight, so hush all you noisy
makers. I want to sleep like a rock…They say, who are they anyway, they do say
a good night’s sleep helps prevent weight gain, heart disease, even some forms
of cancer… well we will see what we will see, hmm?