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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Holy Moly

Oh my goooooosh. I am typing this Thursday afternoon as I wait to teach piano lessons. I am wrecked. I feel like a Zombie. And with the help of Snapchat, I look like one too…



The cats woke me up at 2:45 for their breakfast. I put their bowls down and then got back into bed, totally anticipating three more hours of wonderful sleep. But instead my mind wondered. I thought about work and the busy day ahead. I was wide awake.


It pisses me off when I start thinking about work when I’m trying to fall asleep. I can’t do ANYTHING about work in the middle of the night. I try to think about a million other things... My new thing is to just get up. If I’m going to be awake, I may as well do something that is a distraction rather than just lay in bed and thinking about stuff at work that I cannot change.

At 3:17 I admitted defeat. Once my brain starts thinking about work, all bets are off. I got out of bed, poured some coffee, and started catching up on Anderson Cooper from the night before. Jelly was a sweetie pie and fell asleep on my lap. How nice that he can fall back asleep but I cannot!



I went out for my run at 5:15. Normally I am not scared running in my dark neighborhood because during the six o’ clock hour there are lots of signs of life. I can see televisions on through the big bay windows. People are walking their dogs. Some are leaving for work or walking home from the bus stop. There aren’t a ton of people out but there is enough that I feel safe.

But in the five o’clock hour my hood is still sleeping! It creeped me out… especially since I was listening to a JonBenet podcast! Around mile four I started to see dog walkers, so then I was relaxed. During my run I wasn’t tired. My legs felt strong. At mile 6.6 I looked at my pace for the first and my average was 8:06. I decided to crank it up and try to get under 8 minutes per mile by the time I got to mile 8. I made it to 7:55 thanks to my last mile which clocked in at a 6:56. The 6:56 didn’t suck! I was pushing but it wasn't balls out.



I had a weird breakfast- a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with tomato. I put olive oil on the bread so it would be extra tasty. I also had a pear.

The tiredness did not hit me until I got to work. I was sick tired. All day. Now I just have to stay awake for two more hours until my last piano lesson and then I can SLEEEEEEP!

Do your pets wake you up at night????

11 comments:

  1. I hope you got some good rest and sleep!! Waking up in the middle of the night is the worst!!

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  2. JUST last week we finally got Cecil on a 9:30am and 9:30pm feeding schedule (with dental treats at 7pm). For the first time in nine years I am now sleeping through the night in my own bed. It's glorious! Obviously I love Cecil and I want him to be happy, but getting up at 3am to feed him was not my favorite thing in the world!

    I'm the same way as you - if I can't fall asleep or fall back asleep I'll get up and do something. Usually 30 minutes after that my body realizes it is actually tired and then I can go to sleep!

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    1. I think Cecil is going to be happy as long as he has consistency. It sounds like you have that! He is a lucky little boy. :)

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  3. Ugh...not good, Megan! You look so tired in that photo! I hope you slept wonderfully and had a good Friday. I am super thankful Macy does not ever wake us up--except one time when she got really sick downstairs (sigh) and every once in awhile she "talks" in her sleep (we call them howlers).

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    1. Awww I bet it is so cute when she has a howler. :) Glad you don't get woken up often at all! I did catch up on my sleep!

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  4. Oh our old dog would wake us up in the middle of the night. It was so bad that I would make massage appt just so I could take a nap!
    I admire you for getting up so early to run each day.

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    1. I love getting it done first thing in the morning! Nothing to admire, it's when I enjoy doing it!

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  5. My dog wakes up early but my husband does too so it works out ok.

    I ran in the dark yesterday--I had to go to work early. It was weird but ok.

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    1. I do like the dark, as long as there is some form of life going on so I don't feel all alone!

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  6. It's a horrible, horrible feeling! I was looking forward to today but the same thing happened... I only got 3 hours of sleep last night. :( Woke up at 11:59pm and never fell back asleep. I shit you not.

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