Haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately
Given my earlier whiney post about the late football practices and how they make me feel the morning after, it's not shocking that I feel myself slogging through a sleep-deficit lately. See, sleep is one of my three favorite things, and I'm really more used to getting 9+ hours than 7.
It's not just that practices are late, though. There's also the problem that when I get home from practice, I'm keyed up. You'd think all that rough, physical exercise would make you drop off to sleep like a drunk baby, but no. My body is pumping endorphins to my brain, thinking in its stupid body-way, "OMG we just ran and hit things we must be in mortal danger must stay awake!"
Insomnia. I've read that the trick is to give in to sleep, to surrender. Don't remember where I read that, but I've been reading a lot about insomnia lately. (At three in the morning. HA.) All I know for sure is lying there thinking "Gotta be at work in seven hours gotta get to sleep fast! SLEEP, BODY! NOW!" Doesn't work.
Do note the depiction of Brian, who sleeps so deeply I can pick him up, arrange him as a pillow, and lay on him without waking him up.
Like hiccups and the common cold, there's no quick fix for insomnia, but we come up with tons of them, anyway. I've tried drinking whisky before bed. (Oh the hardship!) I've tried counting - not sheep, sheep are passe, but counting breaths, heart beats, just counting. I've tried deep-breathing and meditation exercises. I've gotten a good all-body relaxation from imagining myself in a giant wicker basket suspended from a tree over a gorgeous landscape - but it only lasts a few seconds before my brain kicks in with "What do I need to get done at work tomorrow?" I've tried imagining Brian's snores are ocean waves crashing the shore, or that I'm next to a waterfall. Mostly I lie awake thinking of new things to imagine that will help me not lie awake.
At some point before morning, I do drop off, but my sleep is light and fitful and I do stupid things like waking up to check the clock to see how much time I have to sleep. :P