No Fun Friday here today though
My friend Mr Insomnia……..has decided to visit again
I’m not feeling the best – in fact I’m feeling b…..awful
I’m thinking of having a break until I can find the cause
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I started this post awhile ago……didn’t ever publish it. Did have a break earlier on this year and here’s the continuation of this sorry tale of woe……..
Everything…..
There are days when all I hear is my mother’s voice
‘Everything comes to those who wait!  –  Patience is a virtue!’
There are days I even acknowledge she might have been right 😊
Things are a bit better now – I’m dropping off more quickly and staying asleep longer. Yes, there’s been some of those dreaded 2hour cycles and there are still some of those ‘why can’t I go back to sleep moments’ but they are definitely much less frequent than before.
With The Golfer’s help I gave the bedroom a deeper clean than usual, turned the mattress, added a small blanket beneath the sheepskin underlay on my side – I need the firm mattress but occasionally my back and hips ‘tell me’ they would like it a tad softer – then finished off by changing my pillows to some from the spare room bed.  The pillows (new in January) may not be the problem but thought no harm in trying so they could be reinstated some time
At the moment I’m also trying out a few handy hints :–
* wind down earlier
* no screens before bedtime
* turn the clock face away
* now the nights have cooled a bit open window/fresh air in bedroom
* using the fan was a help for a breeze on those hot nights
* hot water bottle on some of the cool nights, it’s comforting when my toes get cold.
Everything I’m doing/have done may be making a difference or the problem could just be going away naturally – whichever it is I’m definitely feeling more alive now.
As an aside…..I had to laugh, after a chat with my GP he more or less said the same as Mum would have – have patience, take it slowly, try working things out and often it just happens when you least expect it!
Still Waters 