Well, I did go to bed. And just as I was falling asleep, my printer decided to come out of hibernation and start cleaning itself. The shock probably took 5 years off my life. Way too spooky for me. One of these days I'm going to read the goddamn manual and make sure it never happens again. 

Nothing to worry about, really. My cat does the same thing. Just set it to go off at 8AM and you'll be fine.


You sleep wth your printer???


Never mind!

I would have flipped too.  We just watched Paranormal Activity 4,  freaky

I turn mine off unless I'm using it.  

Ah for crying out loud it's just a nightmare!! Go back to sleep!!!  


Seriously; 
I remember my printer came with an annoying software; Monitoring (or whatever it's called) that installs itself without the option to not, and that particular component of the software could not easily be removed. But I eventually removed it which involved deeper system tweaks, quite a lot of coffee and anti-stress medication. But I survived, I'm OK, it's all good! 

First, don't sleep in the office... . I know, I know...
 
I can't sleep under any circumstances so I use meatonin and muscle relaxers to get to sleep. A muscle relaxer will help anyone go to sleep and most have a really short halflife so you don't wake up groggy. Benadryl is a bad option, you'll feel groggy almost all the next morning (Tylenolol PM etc). I'd try to keep a few muscle relaxers on hand. 1/4 tab (1mg) of zanaflex will knock you out long enough to get back to sleep when something like this happens if you are not used to it. Then again, if I don't get sleep I am totally useless. IT used to be that I could go on little or no seep but those days are long gone.
 
When I was younger I didn't need anything but as I got older pain arrived and sleep fled away.
I also use one of those "sleep machines" for white noise, it really helps... it is sort of like riding in a car. It may not "sound" like it would help but it really does. I got one years ago to block out some neighbor's dog that would bark in the night. If I hear a dog barking in the night, I get mad and then despite myself I begin to listen for it and get madder every time I hear it. I carry one on every road trip now.
 
Take a nap... dream a dream.
 

soens


Nothing to worry about, really. My cat does the same thing. Just set it to go off at 8AM and you'll be fine.


You sleep wth your printer???


Never mind!

That's kinko.

jbow


First, don't sleep in the office... . I know, I know...
 
I can't sleep under any circumstances so I use meatonin and muscle relaxers to get to sleep. A muscle relaxer will help anyone go to sleep and most have a really short halflife so you don't wake up groggy. Benadryl is a bad option, you'll feel groggy almost all the next morning (Tylenolol PM etc). I'd try to keep a few muscle relaxers on hand. 1/4 tab (1mg) of zanaflex will knock you out long enough to get back to sleep when something like this happens if you are not used to it. Then again, if I don't get sleep I am totally useless. IT used to be that I could go on little or no seep but those days are long gone.
 
When I was younger I didn't need anything but as I got older pain arrived and sleep fled away.
I also use one of those "sleep machines" for white noise, it really helps... it is sort of like riding in a car. It may not "sound" like it would help but it really does. I got one years ago to block out some neighbor's dog that would bark in the night. If I hear a dog barking in the night, I get mad and then despite myself I begin to listen for it and get madder every time I hear it. I carry one on every road trip now.
 
Take a nap... dream a dream.
 

I have tinnitus when it's quiet so white noise is great. Luckily I have a large air cleaner in the room which does the job perfectly. In the summer the AC is going as well so it's like a freaking airplane, lovely. 

The trouble is I keep forgetting to turn my printer off after using it. It goes into standby pretty quickly so I have no reminders. This is not the first time a printer has freaked me out in the small hours. My last printer suddenly decided to start printing something at 3am and woke me up with a start. I was spooked out beyond words and was terrified at the thought of what would be waiting for me on the paper when I got out of bed to look. "I AM WATCHING YOU" or a photo of someone with horns or something. Luckily it was just a tax form. Which, to be fair...

What am I doing up at this time?

Does anybody my printer really know what time it is?