If you know me, or have read my blog before, you may know that I suffer from insomnia. Luckily it hasn't been too bad lately, but I did wake up at 3am the other day and spectacularly fail to get back to sleep. After half an hour or so of concerted effort, I gave up trying to get back to sleep and (naughty naughty) picked up my phone. I scrolled through my FaceBook feed and a sponsored post popped up from one of the recipe websites (probably with the word "tasty" in the title). The recipes were all vegan. And looked delicious!
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I've managed to get on top of my insomnia lately - until last night. After a dream involving needing to find a power adaptor for my step mum, I woke up and my brain started going through everything I need to get done. That was at 1.30am.
I tried pretty much everything - meditation, reading, listening to white noise...I eventually fell asleep at 5am. My alarm went off at 6am. A dog walk, a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee later and I was out on the school run. Just need to last until Friday and no more school runs until next year! I spent some time organising the diary for the remainder of 2016, which made me realise just how close the end of the year is! I also got some of the things done that had been going around in my mind overnight. Not such a "sleepy life" last night. D had the opposite - I heard him go to bed at 4am and his alarm went off at 9am. It's been a while since I had insomnia, but last night I did.
I was awake from about 1am until 4am. I'm not sure what woke me up, but my racing mind kept me awake. For some reason I couldn't stop my mind from running...thoughts...thoughts...worry...anxiety...it won't matter in the morning...I know...I need to do all those things...I know...worry...thoughts...anxiety. I slept in this morning, but of course it wasn't really a lie in because I'd missed 3 hours in the night. Still, I managed a 2 mile walk in the frost. The sun was shining and I still saw part of the sunrise. Tonight I will sleep (well, I'd better - my alarm is set for 5.45am!) |
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