Tuesday
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
October 26, 2021 3:58pm CST
Well we ended up with another turn of events today. Hubby was planning on going to mow but didn't sleep very well last night. He got up sometimes in the wee morning hours and stayed up. I did remember him getting back in bed at daybreak and fell back to sleep myself.
He ended up getting up around noon and I was crashed out like a solid rock. I didn't crawl out of bed until right before 2 pm!! That is a few hours later than I like to get up.
I got all the feeding chores done and had my coffee. I decided since it was so late that I would just go ahead and have a piece of Devil's Food Chocolate cake with vanilla icing as my brunch!!
Hubby cancelled his mowing for the day. He said he will go tomorrow. We had severe thunderstorms in the forecast so that may alter his plans again. I was so looking forward to a day at home by myself. Oh well! He is back in bed now so I'll make the most of it.
We have got to get back on a better sleeping pattern. Do you have any tips? Can't go to bed early, that has never worked for either of us.
Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain.
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@snowy22315 (208906)
• United States
26 Oct 21
I would say follow a bedtime ritual or routine. Let your body and mind know it is time to wind down.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
27 Oct 21
That is my normal pattern. However, sometimes reading doesn't help. Tonight was like that. I went to bed, read for about 45 min. Turned the reading light off and tossed and turned for another hour. Finally got up and hopped on myLot and turned the television on.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
27 Oct 21
I love that photo and yum devils food
I dont sleep very well.
I hope you have a lovely day and night Karen
I dont sleep very well.
I hope you have a lovely day and night Karen1 person likes this
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
27 Oct 21
sometimes busy catches up and we need to sleep!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
27 Oct 21
@kareng its funny, all-nighters in college were so cool, now they are just the portend of a LONG day!
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@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Oct 21
Just try to set a routine that works for you. I lay down between midnight and 1 even if I dont feel sleepy yet.
@kareng (80243)
• United States
27 Oct 21
@wolfgirl569 When I was younger I used to think of sleep as a waste of time. Now that I'm older, I like sleep. LOL.
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@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Oct 21
@kareng I just try to lay there. But I have went to bed at that time for a few years now. So I usually get to sleep with in an hour.
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@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Oct 21
I usually get into bed and do some reading before I can get to sleep but it depends on my dreams if any and how I feel because it si a good night if I can sleep all through it but something I get up really early and then I just cannot get back to sleep
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
27 Oct 21
My trouble is getting to sleep. I can read some nights for 10 minutes and then can't hold my eyes open. Other nights I read for a couple of hours and then sometimes I turn light off and have to turn it back on to read some more. But once aseep here lately, I have been sleeping well. It is a continuous struggle.
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@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Oct 21
@kareng I had a struggle early this morning, I was half asleep half awake and it was only 4 AM and I felt smothered I has all three kittens sleeping on top of me 
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
27 Oct 21
I'm up all night, every night, so I'm afraid I don't have any tips. Good luck.
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@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Oct 21
I go with the flow with what my body tells me. Growing up, my parents set a strict bedtime during the school year. In theroy this was good, but the older I became and the more stressed out I became it wasn't working for me. I'd be up all night, fuctioning on two to three hours of sleep a night.
While you're working to adjust your sleeping patterns, just don't be hard on yourself if you have a day like today. Sometimes the body needs to say 'enough is enough' and force you to do what it wants.
