I am such a slacker. I haven’t run at all this week. Normally, I wake up around 5:30 a.m., check my e-mail, blog for a bit and then set off for my morning run around 6:15 a.m. But this week, I find myself waking up at 2:00 a.m. and staying awake for a couple of hours. It’s terrible. I long for 40 more winks, but instead, I lie there staring at the ceiling. After an unsuccessful attempt to fall back to sleep, I move to the couch for some mind numbing comfort by choosing to stare at the boob tube instead of the ceiling. Thank goodness for TNT and its early morning marathon of drama shows. About one and a half episodes of Cold Case is my prescription for sleep.
Unfortunately, this little hiccup in my slumber is causing me to sleep until 7:00 a.m. and missing my morning run. At 7:00, my children awake ready for the usual morning routine. By the time, I feed my girls and hurry Allana off to school, it’s too late and too hot for any running. To make up for missing my morning runs, I have been hanging out with my best friend, Sharon Mann. As much as I adore Sharon, even her most intensive boot camp work-out is the not the same as a good run.
On top of that, I have had this hung over feeling all week as a result from a long weekend. I feel as if I can’t catch up on anything. Although I look around my house to find the housework finished and my kids fed and bathed, I don’t really understand why I am feeling this restlessness. It’s nothing a glass of wine or beer can’t fix.
Then, this afternoon, I had one of those Aha! Oprah moments. This past week, I have been drinking caffeinated drinks in the late afternoon, like a Starbucks vanilla latte or Tazo Chai tea. I think caffeine is the culprit keeping from counting sheep. With this revelation, I abstained from an afternoon pick-me-up today. We’ll see if I can get some decent shut-eye tonight and be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for my run tomorrow morning. Hopefully, my theory is right and this little experiment better be worth missing my afternoon tea.
I hope you get some sleep tonight D! You have a big weekend ahead of you!
Mmmm, I love Chai Tea. But, that probably is the culprit.
Hope you get some sleep tonight.
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you just might have found my reasons for insomnia too! thanks for the tip 😉
Next time your up at 2 give me a call. Lexi’s been waking me up in the night because apparantly she has caterpillars and flys in her room at night. Picture me running around her room in the wee hours trying to catch imaginary flys so she’ll go back to sleep! okay you can stop laughing at me now!
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