Night blindness

While I was doing some Christmas shopping I noticed something little I had wanted for a long time. So I bought it for my husband to put in my Christmas stocking - just in case he was at a loss of what to put in there.

But then, as a woman is entitled to do, I changed my mind and decided to use this thing right away.

It's an eye mask to wear while sleeping, (contrary to appliances, such as hairblowers that come with the caution - "do not use while sleeping").

Apparently, you get a much more restful sleep if you are in complete darkness. Well, I need to see my alarm clock at times so I can't do away with that....and we have an old dog whose eyes are getting cloudy who has to have some light in order to move about at night or else she whimpers and whines in fear of taking a step. And the bedroom door needs to stay open for her....but we have a night-hawk of a son so there is always some light shining up the stairs. Yah, I've been in search of a good night's sleep.

This mask is quite amazing. It is soft, and providing you don't tighten the strap to the point of a migraine, it's very comfortable. It doesn't let even the slightest ray of light in. I'd like to know why these things weren't around back in the day when we'd play pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey as kids. We would always have to use a winter scarf, tied tight enough to pull your hair. The adult would ask, "Can you see anything?", and you would fib (gasp!) and say you couldn't see a thing. Meanwhile, you could clearly see your feet below, and if you were sly you could point your chin to the ceiling and find that donkey's behind, even after having been spun around until you were dizzy.

This has been a great purchase - and I'm sure I'm quite the sight on the nights I remember to wear my bucktooth nightguard (which is seldom), and my face all shined up with coconut oil.

My only fear is that I am going to be deeply dreaming and suddenly awakened by the alarm or other noise, and I am going to forget I am wearing a mask. I may go through a few moments of terror of being in complete darkness, unable to find the clock or the light switch and believe I've gone completely blind. I'm fully expecting to have a dream about that soon.

Nonetheless, I love my eye mask. It's a keeper. Only wish I could wear it at work as a shield from the florescent lights.....but that would never work. I'd need earplugs there too if I was going to catch any sleep at all.