Sleeping is complicated. Mostly, when I go to bed, I fall asleep. But sometimes I stay awake and try to figure out why I am not going to sleep. Sometimes I can figure it out: perhaps I drank a cup of coffee that was supposed to be decaf, or maybe I ate a lot of dark chocolate late in the day. Sometimes when I get tired but can not go to bed, I kick into overdrive to function until the task is done. Then I have trouble getting myself off duty. Normally, I sleep well, but not last night.
I think it was too much sitting. Both Ken and I had the devil of a time getting to sleep. When we arrived home, I quickly put away everything in my case and backpack, even though I was weary. Then I sorted the mail and started to put things in place. We had eaten at 4:30 so did not eat before retiring to bed. At 10:30, I got into bed, which is early for me now. And I stayed awake. At midnight I ate a piece of bread and cheese. And I stayed awake. Every time I wandered around the house I found Ken doing the same thing. It was kind of funny. At 2:00 I took 2 Ibuprofen and an anti nausea pill. And I fell asleep.
Today I made sure to walk in our neighborhood. My legs caused me trouble last night, perhaps from too much sitting. Tonight I am not too tired so I will see what happens with my nights sleep. My life time of having good sleep patterns should return. I certainly do not wish to be neurotic about sleeping. Sleeping should to be simple but now it seems to be complicated. Nothing easy at 80 I guess.
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