Sleep is a river...

[mdlbear]

... but John o'Dreams seems to have left me stranded on an island somewhere around 3:15. Grumble. I should be back in bed snuggling Colleen, who couldn't get back to sleep either, but I was uncomfortable and fuzzy-minded.

In general I seem to be needing more sleep now, probably due to waking up like this in the middle of the night. I DO NOT LIKE THIS. I do not have time for an extra two or three hours of unconsciousness at a time in my life when I have to spend an hour or so taking care of Colleen -- more when she needs to get to a doctor's appointment -- on top of work and a commute.

But if I take a cyclobenzaprine now, it'll knock me out for an unknown amount of time and I'll probably miss getting Colleen to her PT appointment at 11. The aspirin I did take hasn't taken effect yet.

Comments

[pondside.livejournal.com]

Forgive the suggestion -- but could it be that you are starting to discover that you are both getting older and are human?

I now need more sleep than I have given myself in 30 years. The combo of stress and aches and did I mention stress - require the pampering action of that particular form of relaxation referred to as unconsciousness. HUGS

[mdlbear]

*hugs*

It's entirely possible. I don't have to like it, however.

[pondside.livejournal.com]

Nope -- I don't like it either. Unfortunately, time and the ghods don't care :(

hugs

[septemberlilac.livejournal.com]

Whatever the cause, you have my sympathies. For most of my life, I needed nine to ten hours sleep every night. Less than that, I would promptly get sick. It was unbelievably frustrating. Inexplicably, the last few years, I suddenly found myself able to get by quite well on a mere eight hours. No idea why it changed.