Toss your troubles to the wind, folks. Linda is back with Stream of Consciousness Saturday:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “toss.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
The last few nights I have been tossing and turning in the early morning hours. I always fall asleep fast, but when the clock rolls around to be about 3:00 AM, I seem to wake up. I don’t like to get out of bed because it is harder to go to sleep again. The conversation in my head goes like this:
”I wonder what time it is?”
”Why am I awake?”
”You might as well go to the bathroom.”
”Nope. Don’t need to.”
”But you’re awake. Might as well go.”
”Nope, I’m fine.”
”You know you will probably need to go as soon as you fall back to sleep.”
”I’ll just flip my pillow over to the cool side and go back to sleep.”
Five minutes pass…
”Fine! I’ll go!” At which time I toss the covers aside and get up.
Sometimes sleep escapes me. Then it’s a toss-up about what to do. Get up? Then I’ll be exhausted by 8:00 AM. Play a game of Word Collect on my iPad? No, then my brain will engage.
“I’ll go down and get some water.”
Spies jigsaw puzzle and computer resting on the table.
Maybe I will just take a peek and see if there are any new hints on Ancestry…
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interesting because most nights, i automatically wake up at 3 a.m. i go to the bathroom, drink water and go back to sleep easily.
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Sometimes it comes easily and sometimes not so much, Wilma. I am glad it works for you.
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Great post! Loved reading it.
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Thank you for reading!
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I try to never get up during the night. If I do, I rarely get back to sleep again, then the following day just drags.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes! This is exactly my experience.
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We can all relate to this 😂
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You, too? Bah!
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Yes I can 💜
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I’ll bet half of us are up at 3 AM. I started publishing blog posts at that hour for just that reason.
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Must be a “mature” thing, John.
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I like the comment about not letting the brain engage. That’s my goal when I do have to get up.
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One the thoughts creep in, sleep is fleeting.
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Same here about falling asleep easy. To stay asleep through the night again would be divine! I refuse to check the clock which is an anti-insomnia tip I read about. Something that small engages my brain and I do the math of how much time before the alarm sounds. Instead I practice deep breathing until I fall back asleep. It’s a toss up and on 3 or 4 nights a week, I actually do fall back asleep.
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I try not to look at the clock, either. I can usually judge by the light. There is something about seeing those numbers, though! I
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I can relate to this. I used to sleep right through no problem.
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I still have a few of those good nights, but they are not as frequent as they once were.
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Good sleep is a thing of the past for now. I’ve improved things with a diffuser and a white noise machine but still, I miss rock solid sleep.
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It is the worst!
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I thought I was the only one having those endless internal discussions about do I or do I not need to use the bathroom. Glad to know someone else is up in my time zone with the same question!
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Those self conversations can be annoying.
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I rarely sleep through the night. I don’t fall asleep easily and I don’t stay asleep. I am usually up around 3 or 3:30 every night. Oh to sleep through the night.
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I slept well last night! Such a nice surprise!
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Good for you. Not me.
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Sorry, Lauren!
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It is what it is. I am fine.
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