*scratching* in meh...

Last night, and for a few nights, I’ve been having bouts of insomnia. I use to be a night owl. I prefer the night, but my life is one of responsibility so night life is not what I do much of any more.

I don’t know what’s bringing this on. Last night was bad. I heard my daughter come home. She came to my room and asked me something. I think I drifted off after that. Woke up to use the bathroom, but when I’m on a midnight bathroom run, I usually lay in the bed until I’m sure I actually have to go. I have dreams that are associated with me having to go. It’s a weird story for another time.

Anyway, my daughter was loudly in the dark going on about something. Then I went to the bathroom. She quieted down significantly. She’s been harassing someone through my sons phone about paying her phone bill. I told him to feel free to tell her NO to using his phone to keep him from the middle of her dumb stuff.

Again with the anyway, I came back to bed and repositioned the grandkid (we are both pink eye free thank goodness) and laid back down. Every time I thought I drifted, something made a noise and I was jolted awake. I then lie there and just could not go back to sleep. I was glad that I wasn’t thinking about past bad things I’ve done. That’s what usually happens. I think about one thing then is spirals until I’m thinking about something I’d rather just forget. But it was just me and the dark for a while. I got up, went to the kitchen, got water, took a calcium (which has been helping with stiffness in my tailbone I’ve been feeling for some reason) and then read my book hoping it would put me to sleep. I stopped reading the book because I would have probably finished it if I had kept reading. So, I decided to just lay down in the dark again. Consulted with my phone and it was almost 2 am. Not to mention that I set my alarm for 6:15. Apparently I went to sleep. I heard the alarm go off, but for whatever reason, I completely ignored it. When I finally woke up, it was 1 minute to 7a. I usually leave the house at 7:12. So I jumped up, put gum in my mouth, dressed myself, covered my hair, grabbed my things and made it outside in time to catch the bus to work. I am so sleepy…

However I had my first trip to IKEA yesterday. It was, weird and pretty cool. Something that I expected to be really expensive were, but there were other things that I expected to be expensive and they weren’t. We had lunch there, me & RJ, and it wasn’t the greatest experience in the world. Very Swedish. Salmon w/hollandaise and the meatballs and veggies. Meh… We went grocery shopping earlier and then headed over to IKEA. I was interested in their food market place and the cinnamon buns. You could smell them going in. They have a play area for children. I don’t know if that is a daycare for the kids or what. RJ thought I was going to go banana’s looking at the dishes and such but I went banana’s looking at the kitchen setups. Maaaaan…I’d have to have a house built around my kitchen. Ranch style though, with a finished basement and laundry room on the first floor. I am in the market for furniture and I kept seeing things that would look great in my place and then I would say, no. She would get comfortable. No. Get out.

I helped my son with a composition he was supposed to have a rough draft for. He looked all forlorn because he knew he’d been procrastinating. We talked and then got to work after I got home from IKEA.

I don’t know if I’m hungry or just really tired right now. I’m just feeling all…I don’t know and that’s not good because this is a class night but at least I leave at 4 so that I can make better time getting there.

I think I’m going to concentrate now on staying awake and figuring out what’s for lunch.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the weather.

Kindest regards,
Sister