I've been up since 4:20am...I can't get back to sleep. This is typical of me because I wake up thinking of something that I need to do for work, and then my mind won't shut down again. I've tried keeping a pen and paper by my bed and writing it down, reading, watching t.v., and just laying there...nothing works. I just got up and will diddle on here for awhile. Hopefully I can go back to sleep in an hour or so.
Ds's exam seemed to go well on Tuesday. He said that it was really hard and he didn't know the answers to the science questions. I know that they concentrate heavily on the essay type answers because they use these to determine how the kids work things out intellectually. He won't find out until the end of May whether he gets in to the Honours Program, but he's happy that the part that was stressing him out is over. My younger two kids waited the 2.5 hours with me. We had snacks, read books, jumped rope, played cards, went for a walk and I cleaned out the van. It was actually a fun afternoon and I know that Ds was very pleased that I waited for him.
He's going to his first dance tomorrow night. I took ds and his buddy to the rec. centre last night to purchase tickets. The dance is just for grades 6 and 7, and they're very well supervised. A lot of their friends from school will be there so I'm sure that they'll have a great time.
I have another super busy day today but have tomorrow and Monday off for the Easter weekend, so there's something to look forward to. Hopefully, I'll be able to get lots of work done from home this weekend...I'm a little behind but not too bad.
I'm off to read a bit more here and then I'll try to get back to sleep!
I can't sleep...
April 5th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
April 5th, 2007 at 12:58 pm 1175777917
ugh! i do the same thing, except it's at night when i'm trying to go to sleep... absolutely hate it! melatonin worked well for me when it happened frequently. another thing to try is to write down thebits floating around in your head, and then pick one and start planning it out in your head... for some reason giving my mind something to focus upon and a trail to walk down almost always makes me drop back off to sleep.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:29 pm 1175815745
Now with the kids grown and a stressless job, I still get insomnia. I usually just get up or watch TV if DH is in the livingroom sleeping (he's an insomniac too). Luckily my doctor gives me 10 sleeping pills a month that I can take once in a while if I am not sleeping enough. Also Advil PM works for DH pretty well.