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Beth
Pittsburgh, PA
Life is much more about the journey than the destination. Let's walk a while together.
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A Mama's Musings And Meditations

All you need is love, love is all you need.

Sleepless Night

Thursday, April 05, 2007

I pride myself on being a good sleeper. I can sleep anywhere and through anything. I don't usually lose sleep over stress or anxiety. So being awake for much of last night is a mystery to me. I just laid there, eyes wide open, NOT sleeping. So I got up and surfed the web for awhile, contemplated blogging, decided not to, muttered complaints under my breath over the drastic weather change - from 80 one day to 30 the next - and eventually went back to bed. I still couldn't sleep and now my feet were freezing too. So I did what any good wife would do and I woke up my husband!!! Isn't marriage about sharing everything - including insomnia??? We talked, he snored, I tried to bore myself to sleep with talk radio...all to no avail. The clock showed 4:45 now and I knew the morning was coming fast. I was already dreading the day today knowing how tired I would be and the dull but constant ache my head would experience.

Then I fell asleep - and my wonderful husband got up with the kids and let me sleep in until 8:15. So three and a half hours of sleep later I was up to face the day, and not feeling all that thrilled by it. My head aches and the kids are getting away with more than normal because I just don't have it in me to be on top of my mom game this morning.

So what do you do when you experience insomnia? Any tried and true methods of falling back to sleep? I'm hoping this won't continue but if it does I want to be armed with some good solutions.

Smooches all around.

Posted by Beth at 10:07 AM  

Labels: Life in General

3 comments:

what little girls are made of said...

Reading a book always helps me fall asleep. Usually when I can't fall asleep it's because I have alot on my mind and just can't turn my brain off. So reading a book makes me get wrapped in somebody elses life and forget about my worries. And also my eyes get tired and then I feel sleepy after reading for a half hour or so. But I have to do it while laying in bed. I hope you sleep good tonight!!

1:08 PM, April 05, 2007  
what little girls are made of said...

oh yeah, and I LOVE the new colors!!

1:28 PM, April 05, 2007  
joyful said...

I find that if there isn't another obvious reason why I'm awake (baby crying, for example) then I pray. Usually someone specific comes to mind. One time I really felt that I should pray for someone I hardly knew but had heard of through friends. So I did. And eventually I fall back asleep again. I think that kind of praying is different than trying to have your devotions and just too sleepy to concentrate. Once you've prayed what you're supposed to, the sleep comes. (Even if the line isn't that distinct.)

2:22 PM, April 05, 2007  

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