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I was up at 1 AM again last night – I got up to pee and I stayed wide-awake. The more I lay there, the more my brain overreacted to every thought. Is it just me, or do things ever seem to get exaggerated in the middle of the night?
I was all upset and feeling sorry for myself about not getting my Sunday long run done and then I thought about the trail run I have coming up on Wednesday and how I’ll make up for those lost miles. I started to feel a little better, then, for who knows why, I started thinking about snakes – it is the season for them to be thawing and coming out of hibernation. And OH MY GOD, what would I do if I actually had to fend one off while trail running. I don’t even own a snakebite kit. I don’t do well in panic situations. You know, because of the panic.
These thoughts snowballed well into 5 AM and by then my sleepless brain had filled my pool with water moccasins and my yard with copperheads. By the time I got up to get coffee I had decided that no one was ever leaving the house again. Ever. Because if a yard full of snakes isn’t enough, poisonous spiders certainly are. And if you didn’t know this, EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas. And poisonous! Especially snakes and bugs.
I’m not sure what is going on with my brain, but I’m fairly certain that going through a bottle of NyQuil per week is not a permanent answer to my insomnia. But damn, NyQuil sleep is the best sleep ever. I just wish it didn’t come with a hangover.
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I quit my long run on Sunday after 12 miles. I wanted to go 19. I was tired from staying up late the night before dealing with my ex and it was cold and windy in Tennessee. Life sucks.
Perhaps you should just move back to Indiana. You realize we’re a blue state now, right?
Ooooh…love the new blog-look…very fancy!
I think snakes are an entirely reasonable thing to get all worked up about at 1am…
NyQuil gives you good sleep? The one time I tried it, I felt horrible the next day (then again, I was sick as a dog). My husband also suffers from can’t-stay-asleep-insomnia. I’ll never understand it!
Hope you get some good sleep soon!
p.s. Love the new design!
I think we’ve all been where you are right now and all I can say is – IT SUCKS, and I’m sorry, but hopefully your mind will start to relax and you will get some sleep. soon.
i tells ya: melatonin pills.
me hearts.
at least you have a chance of surviving if you get bitten in TX, not so in OZ.
i’ve tried the melatonin, but they make me sleep for days and days and days.
Dangit, I wrote a long comment today that never made it up. It was all about snakes. Don’t worry — they are afraid of you too. And if you do get bit, don’t suck out the venom or apply a tournaquet. Stop and wait for help to keep the poison from spreading through the bloodstream. That means don’t do trails alone…something I forget until I see a snake.
Nyquil is the best! I swear my mom was addicted to it for a while. She had a shot every night before bed! Now, though, the best sleep for me is Benadryl…and I don’t wake up groggy or anything! Don’t worry, I don’t abuse it.
Tylenol PM is much better at temporary insomnia. I also HATE snakes too!
Booze. It’s why it was invented. If you’re going to get addicted to something as an aid to make it through these tough times….I suggest you make it count.
I woke up with a Nyquil hangover but I’m sick.
The trick to dealing with insomnia is to get out of bed and do something. Then get back in and try again. As you are learning, if you just lie there letting your brain do whatever it wants you end up fighting off snakes – not good.
That’s cool. Blue background for Susan.
It’s just you. I’m all tuckered out after my evening run and sleep soundly until dawn
Ours are more poisonous! Don’t fly until you get over it!