...has me firmly in its grasp lately.
I suppose it's a good time of life for it. I'm still at home, but all five kids are in school. Once they're gone for the day, I can sleep. I'm not fond of living this way but I can do it.
My biggest problem is being awake at night (duh). I don't mind it. We moved a TV into our room long ago, which I know doesn't help insomnia but it distracts me back to sleep sometimes. My body doesn't like to wake up in the middle of the night, but my brain is always ready to. Waiting for it, even.
At night, I always think of everything I could be doing instead of lying in bed trying to go back to sleep. Hubby is a light sleeper - if I'm thinking of something unpleasant and sigh heavily, he hears it and doesn't quite wake up, but I can tell he knows I'm awake. Having me in bed helps him sleep better, so I stay in bed, since he has a job and can't nap all day like I can (I don't, but I can).
Like right now, I'm listening to some farming show on PBS, texting this post on my phone, and gazing at the fingerprints I'd like to Windex off my mirrored closet door, if only it wouldn't wake up Hubby.
During the day I couldn't care less about the fingerprints.
I can think of several things I could do to change this malady, but they, like everything else I feel like doing, will have to wait until daytime.
How do you handle bouts of sleeplessness?