The Sleep Game

I have had a number of things that have been less than great the last several months, one of those has been sleep.  I have this thing that happens semi-regularly where if I wake up in the middle of the night to pee I often have a very difficult time falling back asleep.  For instance last night I was up at 3AM and I bet I was lucky to have fallen back asleep by 5, only to be rudely awakened by the alarm clock 35 minutes later.  It makes for feeling pretty lethargic throughout the day.

It seems like when this happens my brain goes into connect the dots mode, with thoughts rolling through my head where one thing leads to another to another and another.  I need to find a way to cut those lines and just go the F back to sleep.   I have had other physical signs like the weird nausea I still get often when preparing breakfast. It can get to the point where I am doing slow, deep breaths to suppress the urge to throw up.  Some mornings I skip the eggs altogether and just double up on the toast.  I also have lost 7-8 pounds since September, something I actually am ok with as I have said for several years I would prefer to keep my weight closer to 180.

Who knows if this is just more wonderful side effects of aging, stress, or something else.  Whatever the source the treatment plan is the same, just keep trudging forward, like a tugboat pulling an oversized load.