I could not fall asleep last night. 🙁 My mind kept wandering and worrying””mostly about the marathon and my foot, but other things too. I hate nights like that when you just can’t shut off your brain. Boo. Maybe I should just go back to bed and cuddle with the pug? I’m so jealous of his “tough” life.
Breakfast
Despite having a sleepless night, waking up at 6:00 with Mal wasn’t all that bad. I expected to feel much worse!
I made us banana oatmeal with ground flaxseed, raisins, walnuts, and a scoop of peanut butter. It was a massive bowl of oatmeal! I’m so full now!
I also drank half of a glass of iced coffee with soy milk. (We ran out of iced coffee this morning.)
Question of the Day
What keeps you up at night?
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Those nights are the worst! When that happens to me, I usually keep trying to get to sleep which of course goes against all the advice I’ve heard. If I can’t get to sleep it’s either because I’m worried about waking up for something or I’ve done too much before heading to bed.
I hate nights like that! I’m sometimes kept awake by my racing mind too and I hate that there’s nothing I can do about it.
When I have a big exam the next day I can’t sleep, which is the time I need it the most 🙁
Latetly, it’s been the “creeper” harassing my dear friend/neighbor. We’ve been having sleep overs at her place every day this week just for her peace of mind.
Love your adorable dog, makes me want a pug 10x more! Enough with the torture! (now this may keep me at night)
OMG, i was up last night too, i think I slept at 4 am, so annoying! I think about my blog, but last night the heater was making all this noise like there were broken sticks inside… so annoying! unlike you, i woke up much later but still feel like crap. 🙂
I recently have been experiencing sleepless nights too. I started cutting back on sugar and dairy and that seems to be helping a lot!
I have the sleepless nights problem fairly often…I found focusing on deep, steady breathing really helps.
I’m sorry you had a rough night. I can relate 100% because I seem to be full of injuries lately. It sucks when you can’t shut off the brain!!
@Tina:
🙁 hang in there girl!
That used to happen to me all the time. But one day – for some reason – I realized things always look better in the morning. And giving myself permission to think about things in the morning really works for me. Strange that it works, but it does. I hope I didn’t jinx myself.
Someone else mentioned this, but journaling totally helps. I have gone through a rough year with infertility and now we are in the adoption process. As you can imagine this all contributes to sleepless nights:( I have found that getting out of bed and journaling all my thoughts really helps. I am usually able to go back to bed and fall easily asleep. Plus, my husband likes that I no longer wake him up to vent.
hehe… I stayed up working until 6 am… and woke up at 9 am. I do this frequently. It appears I’m a night owl and a morning bird.
Usually I won’t be able to sleep if I have a lot to do the next day or something important is going on. Sometimes if I’m afraid of oversleeping (like for a early morning flight) I’ll toss and turn all night.
This totally reminds me of this clip from the show Scrubs – the one where Zach has trouble getting to sleep…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHTJMBbxGTU
not much can keep me up at night, i pretty much fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow! as always, your breakfast looks delicious!
I can never sleep the day before I leave for a trip. I am always afraid i will oversleep.
Hi,
I’m a new follower from north central MA! When I even think that I might have a tough time falling asleep, I take Excedrine or Tylenol PM. I usually get drowsy in an hour. For some reason, women think about everything when they hit the pillow (what you did that day and what you need to do the next several days). Men seem to forget about things and fall asleep within 5 minutes! At least that’s the case with my husband! It can be so frustrating sometimes.
Pretty sure my blog’s title says it all. 🙂
Oh I had the same Thursday night! I kept worrying about all that I have to do before flying home for two weeks for the holidays and all this other random stuff.
I just worry and worry and worry way too often before bed and it is super annoying!
Hi Tina. Hello (also!) to you Monica. WOW … love-love to read both of your blogs! Sooo hilarious …. you make me giggle and laugh-out-loud all the time. THANK YOU! As for sleepless nights, happens to me everyday. Worry-wort here. So, I cannot fall asleep without (2) Motrin. FYI …. never drink coffees after 2 or 3:00 p.m. Stay away from chocolates too. Hope your foot gets well Tina.
MERRY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!
This week, coughing has been keeping me up. Anyone else ever seem to get sick every December? At least all my Christmas shopping is done! Though I guess I could have done it online at 4 in the morning instead of staring down the clock. Haha I can only imagine what kinds of weird gifts my nearest & dearest would have ended up with then!
Literally, what keeps me up at night is my dog. He totally hogs the bed. On my side, of course. And if we kick him out of the room, he barks.
Most recently a break-up and Christmas presents. I always feel like I’m missing something even after I’ve bought tons of stuff.
Blog posts…hehehe…I’m constantly thinking about what to blog and so forth when getting to sleep and it often keeps me awake, partially because of my excitement!
I always think of things I need to do as soon as my head hits the pillow. I keep a notepad and pen on the nightstand next to my side of the bed so I don’t have to keep getting up over and over again…it definitely helps.
My work to-do list keeps me up at night.