Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Crazy Brain Strikes Again

In case you are not in the habit of automatically checking down there at the bottom for the time I publish whatever drivel has spilled out of me that day, I'll just tell you that it is currently five in the morning. Five (5) A.M. On a Saturday.

BOO.

I woke up around two this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. This is not a new thing for me, as you may recall. Which doesn't make it any less annoying when it happens.

I was consumed this time by such engrossing thoughts as where will the Chioggia pumpkins go in the garden . . . and what should I wear under those awesome white pants I just bought so the pockets don't show up so much . . . and where the hell are we going to store the 100 bales of hay A. is supposed to pick up today . . . and damn I wish I had done the dishes last night because I hate waking up to piles of dirty dishes in the morning . . . and I really hope Cubby's diaper rash problem that showed up so quickly goes away just as quickly . . . andandandandand.

All essential things to be pondering at two in the morning, obviously.

I gave up on sleeping at four and got out of bed. Then I did the dishes, so at least that was one worry I can dump out of my crazy, over-active brain.

I suspect I will not be feeling very spry around, oh, four o'clock this afternoon. But at least the dishes are done. Yay?
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7 comments:

  1. sheilaJune 4, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    Insomnia sucks. Been up since 2:30AM myself, and that was after going to bed a 1 AM. I'm guessing I'll be napping by 4 in the afternoon. Just in time to mess up a good nights sleep again tonight. This is a vicious cycle that starts when women have children. It's a curse I say, a curse. A least it isn't hot out so napping will be nice.

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  2. AnonymousJune 4, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    There is nothing worse than being tired and unable to drop off. have you tried self hypnosis? It sometimes works for me.

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  3. AnonymousJune 4, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    Sometimes if you make a list of all the things on your mind, it helps clear your mind for sleep.

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  4. Domestic DilettanteJune 4, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    I went to bed at 9:00 and slept solidly until 7:00, a near record for me. I suspect it is a result of 7 days straight of unpacking. Boo, unpacking. (Why oh why do I collect so much infernal stuff?!) Hooray, sleep.

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  5. DaisyJune 4, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Have you tried cornstarch for the diaper rash? It did great things for my kids when they were babies.

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  6. Lana from Farm Life LessonsJune 4, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    As a fellow insomniac, I feel for you. I wake up often around 3am and an unable to go back to sleep for a couple of hours, if at all. I now keep a book nearby and force myself to read by little nightlight propped on my chest/neck area until I am drifting off to sleep. It works. Unless it's a page turner, then I am in real trouble.

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  7. Lindsey at NW Backyard VeggiesJune 4, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Overactive night time brain syndrome.
    Sigh.
    What a drag.
    I do valerian root. Every night. (it works better if you take it every night.)
    My overactive night time brain has since been silenced.
    I love nature in pill form.

    hillyz - your gang name after hilling the potatoes later on this summer, yo.

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