Wednesday, August 8, 2012

It's Back

At least Penelope has no trouble sleeping
It's been a long time that I've had to report on Linda's insomnia.  It always happens in waves.  Months can go by without any episodes, then out of the blue... for no reason, it hits full force.  She has been waiting longer to go to bed, not playing phone games or reading while she is actually in bed... and that seemed to do the trick.  She's also learned that she can't drink caffeine after 2:00 p.m or eat anything sugary too late.  Yesterday she followed all the rules and was still looking at the clock at 3 a.m.  When she did fall asleep, she woke up at 4:45 and could not fall back to sleep.  For those of you who know Linda personally, you know she lives a stress free lifestyle and is a true Type B in her personality. She is not the type to stress and worry when her head hits the pillow. The fact that she has had bouts of insomnia since she has been a kid is just weird.  I'm glad she only has 2 classes this morning and a long break til her third in the afternoon.  She wants to be alert for church tonight, so she is going to turn off the phone and try and take a long nap.  Functioning on less than 2 hours of sleep does not bode well.