Can’t Sleep, Here I am… Again.

Alright so, hello again. Good morning! Let’s try to be positive at the fact that I am up at 1:02 in the morning due to the fact that well, I can’t sleep. I watched some I love Lucy which is by far the best feel good show of all time and has been my favorite thing to watch since I was little. If you are feeling like you need a laugh, tune in. Watch it. I promise you will laugh. But anyways, that was nice and fun. I read a little on my kindle. I closed my eyes. Shortly after tossing and turning I gently nudged my snoring husband a few times to make it stop. It did, for a few lovely minutes. Not long enough for me to go to lala land of course. After those few shenanigans, it led to some swift kicks, and still, he laid there snoring and in a really great sleep. (must be nice! Proud of you hubs 🙄!), I tried counting sheep, I don’t remember what number I got to when I called it quits and finally said this is for the birds. That got me to thinking, what if I counted other animals? I kid you not, I went through animals that are peaceful and hopefully would put me to sleep. Needless to say, if sheep can not do the trick, bunnies can’t either. That led to me finally realizing I was going crazy and to get out of bed. So I did. Which led me here. You are welcome. I’m kidding- obviously anyone that is normal is sleeping and has no use for reading this. Maybe tomorrow?? 😉

I think what I have mainly been having a hard time with is anxiety. Which effects my sleep. I personally struggle with anxiety even when times are normal! In times like these, it has gone to a whole other level. I’m talking to many different people and have come to find out, a lot are struggling with your their own mind during this time. I’m here for you! I get it through and through. I got to thinking that perhaps it is the fact that my days aren’t that busy as of now. Both physically and mentally. I know that I am not the only one- It is weird being able to text someone at 12:30 am on a random Tuesday and know you’ll get a response cause they’re up with you. It’s a good feeling but also a feeling that gives you what I am feeling now, which is a deep longing to go back to the “real world”. That literally can mean so many things for so many different people. My real world, during the week is to be a Karen and in bed by 10. Wake up at 6:15 and work until 4:30 or so. The day that happens, I’m really not sure if I will hate the noise of my alarm clock. Hearing that noise also means I get to see people, family, I get to go back to my life. So, the beep beep beep might just be music to my ears.

Disclaimer alert – my alarm that I wake up to doesn’t beep. It plays some instruments that I really don’t know how to describe, spell, even sound out. It’s nice and some might even say catchy if you listen to it at 10 in the morning, or whatever time that doesn’t wake you up. But beep beep beep is what we are going with! Moving on.

OKAY! This blog is supposed to be light and fun! I want people to relate to whatever I am rambling on about. To the people that are having sleepless nights, due to whatever fact, HANG IN THERE! Counting cute animals probably won’t help and wish I could help you out in that department but, I tried, and well no it doesn’t work. If it does for you, I’m impressed and also I want to know the animal your counting cause well, I went through a ton. But I will say, having an outlet of something that during times like these can make you laugh, smile, take your mind of off things… even just for a little, is amazing. It works wonders. Some stuff I CAN recommend for sleeping/relaxing is sleepy time tea. It does the trick and I swear by it. If you are familiar with Trader Joe’s, go. Go now. Well, maybe not now seeing as they are closed but when they open tomorrow, go! They probably sell it elsewhere too. Eye masks! Put them in the freezer all day, pop those suckers on and boom, dream time. Lavender oil. Highly recommend! The smell is amazing, and has very positive effects as far as sleep/relaxation goes. Dogs. Okay, maybe this is way out there but there have been studies that do show that sleeping with your dogs in your bed does help your sleep. When I can’t sleep, I look at one of my fur babies at the end of the bed (or in most cases, on top of my head) that are lost in the wonderfulness of sleeping and sometimes, that just helps me. AND knowing they have no cares in the world. Weird? Maybe. But whatever can put that mind to rest, I say, do it.

Alright so as we talk about all this sleep it is currently 2:12. I am tired. As I’m talking about all these ideas, I might just go to practicing them and hope to get some shut eye. I won’t be counting any sort of animals, but maybe put an eye mask on, maybe put some lavender on my temples OR maybe just try to rest my thoughts and put them to bed as well. To anyone that is loosing sleep due to these times hopefully some of my ideas can help you out but, I got you! We all have each other. Let me know if there is any certain tricks you all might have up your sleeve in some comments below. Goodnight, and sweet dreams. As always, much love.

Love,

Abby