I wrote a creative piece for a client just before I planned to retire for the night. Bad idea. I should have left it for morning.
I have to remind myself not to write just before going to bed: I simply cannot sleep after I’ve created something that I feel really great about. My brain goes into “Christmas Tree” Mode during the process and will not shut down afterward.
I’ve tried sleeping outside…
Sleeping inside…
Wiggling my feet and legs…
Closing my eyes and just “resting”…
But my mind will not turn off! It wants to THINK!
It’s frustrating.
I also walked (for the second time today) this evening which may well have something to do with my inability to sleep tonight. I’ve read that the only exercise you should do at night, if you want a good night’s rest, is sex. Now I can testify to the truth of the statement!
I drank 16 ounces of soda at noon, too. That might have something to do with it.
Dagnab it!
So I decided to just give up sleeping and get up ’til my head decides it’s tired.
So here I sit waiting…impatiently… at 2:16 a.m. It’s a pain. I don’t dare get creative or I’ll fire up my brain again!
It’s a damned nuisance to be unable to sleep when it’s TIME to sleep.
The funny thing is that at eleven a.m. I was dragging, wondering how I was going to get through the day…and now THIS!
GRRRR!
I gotta get out of my head
If it’s the last thing I ever do…
Actually, it WILL be the last thing I ever do…
So maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to covet sleep (even temporarily).
I’m coveting it anyway. I want to fall sleep, dammit!
