Sleep

Update:

I slept soundly from 11pm-7am, only waking up twice.  I feel like my body is going back to it's old self!  It's 9:30am right now and I'm thinking I could use another nap.  😁

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Ever since about High School, I LOVE to sleep.  My family called me "sleeping beast" because if they woke me up, it apparently was not very pretty.

When I am sick, I take Nyquil and sleep.
When I am stressed out, I sleep.
When I have a bad day, I sleep.

When I am cranky, moody, grumpy, my husband sends me to bed.

My dream Saturday is to sleep in.

Our first serious discussion between Mike and I after our marriage, was 3 days into our honeymoon when I realized that he needed 2 hours less sleep than I. He kept me waking me up at 6am three morning straight!  By the third day, we had to discuss this serious situation.

I LOVE sleep.

This week has really been good.  My stomach is getting smaller, I have more energy, and I generally feel good.  However, I can't seem to sleep at night - I'm just not sleepy till after midnight.  So, I've been getting 6 hours of sleep with an hour or two nap during the day.  And I still had lots of energy during the day.

Until last night.

I was watching a movie with my kids and about halfway through (8pm), all of sudden I felt sleepy.  Not, the "I don't feel good and I need to go to bed" but more like someone gave me a sleeping potion.  I barely stayed awake till the end of the movie.  Told my kids to go bed and next thing I know I wake up at 11:30pm.  Got up, brushed my teeth and took my meds, and went back to sleep.  Woke a couple of times but stayed in bed till 8am.  By 11:30am, I was sleepy again and slept till 2pm.  Had some lunch, then took a nap till 4pm.

It's almost like my body all of sudden realized that it loves sleep. Basically, I was awake from 8am - 11:30am and now from 4pm.

Next the question is, am I going to able to sleep tonight?

To be continued ....