Tucked In ....

It's a stormy night with a wind that

howls in the dark. But all of us are

tucked into our warm and cozy beds.

Tasks are done and now we sleep!

~ Chy

A Good Sleep.

Sleeping during this Pandemic was really hard at

the beginning. But now that things have become

more settled in our community, I seem to be able

to sleep a lot better at night. Not so tired during

the day and no commute is helping too. Hopefully

when life returns soon, we'll still get a good sleep!

~ Chy

Sleepy Owl ....

I wish I could sleep! I woke up @ 2:08 a.m. for no reason at all. It's now past 4 and I've gone through my worry list (thankfully it's pretty short at the moment), revamped my schedule in my head, checked my notes for next week, played 2 games of online Solitaire (it grounds me for some reason), wrote and published a blog post, read about 40 blog posts on my favorite blogs, researched how to connect our rain barrels from the downspout so the rain can stop spraying all over and just go in the barrel, drank a glass of lemonade, meditated, stretched, tried different positions, wrote a letter in my head, thought about all the things I want to do today and then pared down my list an hour later when I realized at some point today, I'll need a nap and updated my Fitness Pal with stats for the last day. 

Why can't I sleep? I have no idea. Saturday was rough but we got through it and we headed to bed early to watch SNL and catch up after a busy week. I fell asleep pretty quickly but am now wide awake, listening to "Thumper" outside (our Prairie Chicken who is searching for a mate) and my dh's soft breaths as he sleeps (lucky guy). Even though it was a rough day, life is good and I have no reason to be awake worrying, which I'm not. I'm just AWAKE! I will take some Melatonin tonight so I don't get in to a pattern and hopefully a few nights of that will reset my brain to sleep. 

How do you deal with waking up in the middle of the night?

Any tips you can share to get back to a more restful sleep?

~ Chy

End of a Long Day.

I'm so very thankful that the

sun has set and this day has

come to it's end. It was tough

at times, lovely in between.

And exhausting all around.

Happy it's done. PJ time!!

Tomorrow is a new day and

we have been promised warm

weather and sunny skies. I'm

looking forward to new energy.

How was your day, this fine Monday?

Great? Hard? Blissful? Frustrating?

Whew! That was close!!

I have a confession to make.

I did something today I rarely do.

I am beyond exhausted. Between the move, work,

family life, deadlines & my charity work, I'm pooped. 

And today, while the rain fell softly outside & my

co~workers quietly worked, I closed my eyes for

a minute & actually had a nap, sitting up. I can't

believe my body was so tired it had to find rest. 

But in the end, it worked to take a little "cat nap"

& now I'm ready to go for my class tonight.

How do you catch up when you're extra tired?

Do you find some relief in taking a "cat nap"?