Sleeplessness

Ever have one of those nights when you are really tired and really need to sleep because you’ve got a really busy week ahead of you… but you just can’t sleep?

Yeah, I am having one of those moments right now.

It’s 4:21 a.m. and I’ve been up for about an hour and a half. My alarm is going to go off an hour and a half from now, and I have an extremely busy day at work tomorrow (today, I suppose) which will be capped off by a swim meet in the evening.

I really need to get some sleep. So why am I up?

I’ve been laying in bed worrying about everything under the sun. Some things are real, relevant concerns, some things are illogical and unlikely and not worth losing sleep over.

Most of all, I’m so worried about not getting any sleep that I can’t sleep.

I think I might finally be cracking up.

So, I guess I’ll head off to bed once again and add “probably cracking up” to my list of things to worry about.

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6 Replies to “Sleeplessness”

  1. I thought you were supposed to write those kinds of things down on paper by your bedside so that you do get a good nite’s sleep? It never worked for me, but thought I would throw that out there!! 🙂

  2. Sorry to hear that, Emily. I definitely have those nights too. Sometimes it helps if I just lay in bed with my eyes closed and pray about all of those things running through my mind. It reminds me that God cares about my burdens and will help me with them, as well as that some of those burdens shouldn’t be burdens. I eventually fall asleep doing that. Hope that helps. Sleeplessness is awful.

  3. I have done this a lot this summer. I have screwed up my sleep schedule. This means that I am awake at night when everyone else is asleep. For many moms, this is the only time we might have in quiet. That gives us plenty of time to think about everything that might be wrong or go wrong. What a bummer, right? I hope you’re sleeping well now.

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