Awakenings

I've never been able to understood when people say that they can't sleep at night. I just couldn't comprehend it. I've always been a good sleeper. My mom says she checked on me all the time as an infant because I slept so much. I sleep through all kinds of noise and I can sleep just about anywhere. That is, until recently. Suddenly, I'm waking up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep. How frustrating! Mostly, it's been around 4am and I've decided that instead of lying in bed trying to fall back to sleep for an hour and a half, that I might as well just get up and get some things done.

Early this morning I woke up when Matt got up to go to the bathroom. I thought it was time to get up. Nope. It was 1:15. I couldn't go back to sleep. Neither could Matt. We each tossed and turned in silence for awhile. I finally got out of bed at 2am.

So, what did I do during my awakening? I cleaned the bathroom downstairs. I sorted the laundry and threw in a load of darks. I checked email and facebook, posted a blog, signed Elliot up for another swim session, updated the calendar for April, updated my "to do" list, put the darks in the dryer and threw in a load of whites. I went back to bed at 3am, feeling tired, but not really sleepy. Matt was sleeping. Good for him. I tossed and turned long enough to hear the whites finish in the washer. Then, finally glorious sleep came to me. Needless to say, 5:20 came really fast. I made an extra cup of coffee this morning. I'm pretty sure I'll need it!