Remember when you were a kid and your parents tucked you all snug in your beds? You might have put up a bit of a fuss about wanting to end your day, but once you caved, the sweet sweet bliss of sleep came quickly and easily. You closed your wee eyes, rolled over and before you knew it morning had arrived. You were fresh, well rested and ready to start the day.
What the hell happened to that little person? I have turned into a cover-up under the eyes wearing, coffee swilling, exhausted zombie person! Somehow, going to bed has become an event. A job that is approached with trepidation and requires preparation:
Must have the temperature of the room just right.
Too hot and you feel ill. Too cold and you wake up chilled and cranky.
Did you forget to take a glass of water upstairs with you? You are going to need it to wash down the various pills required to survive this thing called (old age) life. Vitamins, an assortment of migraine drugs and new drugs for that nagging back pain just to name a few. My bedside table could rival any Grannys table in a nursing home. So many drugs.
Down the pills and jump into bed.
Turn on the sound machine.
Arrange the pillows just so.
Fight over the blankets with the Hubby.
Almost comfy now.
Did I lock the back door?
Grr. Back to bed. Almost comfy for the second time. Shut off your mind…yes. Shhh.
What am I thinking about… Dwelling on? Nothing stressful. Life is good. Life is just, busy.
~I’m making a grocery list
~reminding myself not to forget to pick up that birthday gift
~wishing I had not said that!
~wondering if there is any way we can possibly save enough for that dream vacation
~Oh and then there is that “JUST got a great idea for a blog post” thought. Maybe I should write it down.
~I’m making a grocery list
~reminding myself not to forget to pick up that birthday gift
~wishing I had not said that!
~wondering if there is any way we can possibly save enough for that dream vacation
~Oh and then there is that “JUST got a great idea for a blog post” thought. Maybe I should write it down.
By now I have realized I have to get up in 7 hours.
Oh no, you did NOT just do the math on how many hours you have until you have to get up!
Shhmind shh.
Start to drift off to the land of nod and then…
Do you have to pee?
Oh NO. You have got to be kidding me.
Why do you think you can actually drink 10 – 12 glasses of water in a day. Nobody can do that.
Try and talk yourself into holding it until the morning.
*talking
*talking
Sigh….bladder wins another round.
Up out of bed and off to pee.
Take care of business, wash up, back to bed.
Hubby is now snoring away at a decibel that shakes the windows.
Now his bloody snoring is keeping me awake.
I never did figure out how to outsmart this snorer.
Have to get up in 5 and half hours great.
STOP LOOKING AT THE DAMN ALARM CLOCK.
Get the pillows just so.
Earplugs in.
Blankets tucked to perfection, one leg out so as not to overheat.
Dawn breaks. The alarm sounds. The dog needs out NOW. That sandman must have found me eventually.
Just 15 more hours and I can try this fun little Sleep Game all over again. Yipee!
It is absolutely exhausting when you can’t get to sleep, when your brain is in overdrive and just won’t settle down to sleeping. I fortunately don’t have many nights like yours but occasionally I do, luckily since I’m retired I can sleep in if need be.
Sometimes it is difficult to get a great sleep. I have a favourite pillow and buy them bulk.
I have problems sleeping as well but my doctor sent me to the cannabis clinic and now I use the oil for sleep and to my surprise it actually works
I’m so in need of quality sleep…zzz I’m going to try a magnesium supplement.
Love your writing in this article!
Out loud laughing! Sorry but…. this is so well written and I am so glad I am not the only one.
I was the one that snored tho. Now I have to add fill the water in the CPAP too. “Is it clean?” “When was the last time I cleaned it all. Ugg am I going to breath yuk all night?” That dilemma lasts for a hours till I pull the CPAP off to the thought I will disinfect it in the morning. Sorry Hun, I’m tire. lol
It would be nice to just be tucked in again!!
Getting a good night’s rest can be a challenge,the only thing I have found that helps me is taking Valerian root.
Once when I had small babies, I read this tip. Lose the alarm clock. That way you don’t know how many hours you didn’t sleep. It’s a little thing, but it helped me during the day.
The struggle is real! But isn’t it funny how you can fall asleep in 30 seconds mid-afternoon when you have a million other things you have to do…or is that just me?
LOL Sounds about right to me!! I couldn’t get enough of sleeping when I was younger and now its almost a chore!
I’m 30 and still able to sleep like a baby. Rarely do I wake up in the middle of the night or have trouble sleeping. Although I’m sure if we had kids sleep would be a way of the past!
Yep, used to sleep like a log, now it’s always something. Getting old sucks.
I notice that my sleep has been getting worse as I get older.