1. Go to bed (generally at a reasonable hour, because these days I am exhausted).
2. Lie awake.
3. Eventually fall asleep.
4. Sleep solidly till around 4 a.m. (it's been 4 just about every night, but last night it was 2:30).
5. Lie awake. Try to lie still and relax. Toss and turn. Try not to think. Think. Try to avoid being manhandled by E if she has ended up in the bed. If manhandling is unavoidable, escape to E's bed (rare variation: get up and do something like read or, last night, taxes).
6. Doze a bit, on and off.
7. If lucky, fall back into solid sleep, though usually not till it is almost time to wake up, as signalled by light, S, or alarm.
1 comment:
ugh. I hate that 4 am waking--which I've been through more than once myself. Somewhere I read an article about sleep patterns that suggested that a middle-of-the-night waking was normal, that our ancestors did it, and that it's fine to get up and use that time productively--but it still feels wrong to me. Hope it passes for you before too long.
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