This afternoon I took a long nap – almost three hours! That’s probably more than I slept last night! I’ve mentioned before that I so rarely have trouble sleeping but last night was one of those nights. An evening phone call . . wasn’t necessarily bad news but scenarios kept running through my head and I couldn’t stop thinking. We went to bed about 11 but after midnight, I was still tossing and turning so I got up, came in the living room to knit, got sleeping about 1:30 and decided to go to the other room to keep from waking Vince. I think I woke up twice during the night. When I got home from town, I had groceries to bring in and left my purse in the car, meaning to go back and get it so at 2:30 when I woke up, I remembered my purse so I went out and got that. Came in, took forever to go back to sleep, woke up at 4:30, was hot, thought about getting up and turning the a/c on. I could do it from my phone but I didn’t have a clue where my phone was. Fell back asleep trying to decide if I was going to get up and turn the a/c on or not.
Then, it must have been before 6, military jets . . noisy and low flying, woke me. Then I started thinking what it must be like to live in a war zone. I went back to sleep but before 7, they were back. I got up . . felt like I’d had enough sleep but around 1, I couldn’t hold my eyes open. Vince was outside working. I looked at Rita and said “I’m going to bed!” She looked at me like . . not without me and in a flash, she was ready to go to bed so Rita and I took a nap. At some point, Vince came in and couldn’t find Rita. He thought I was in the sewing room. He started calling her and I said “She’s in bed with me!” and went back to sleep and slept til 4.
So . . all that to say .. I’ll probably be up late knitting tonight.
Even with the long nap, I’ve made good progress. I think I’ll get the next green section done tonight!
Carolyn Sullivan says
me too yesterday slept poorly. but the robotics calls to fix my ins, or my energy company woke me before an hour was up!! also i didn’t get a nap!!!!
w jordan says
A nape is good for the body and soul all of us should take one more often than we do. My grandparents took one every afternoon all their lives. Guess part of living out in the country. But these days I try to take a short each day.So don’t beat yourself up about a little nap your body and you needed it otherwise you wouldn’t not have gone to sleep.
mary says
Wow- you must live in my area. We have the same jet schedule from Luke Air Force base. I never mind them-they’re training to protect us. But, I do try to go back to sleep after 6 if I don’t have a busy schedule. I do try to take a nap every afternoon even if it’s a few minutes. Those nights of no sleep are so frustrating. Hope you have a great day.
Nelle Coursey says
I slept today! We got up earlier than usual to go to the Depot to do photographs of people. Took my knitting and worked on it some. I am still doing the Aki Sweater and I am almost finished with sleeve #1. I am going to do this!! LOL Wish I was as fast as you.