Sleep

I'm not sure what is going on with me

and, yes, it might be related to moving and stress and what-not

but I am not sleeping lately!

I am getting around 3-4 hours per night.

It doesn't matter when I go to bed.

I wake up 3 or 4 hours later...

and my brain is done.

I feel tired.

But I cannot get back to sleep.

I often lay there for a long time trying.

Sometimes I get up and accomplish something 

(laundry, reading, dishes, computer)

Other times I just get up and pretend it's morning.

I take a shower and blow dry my hair.

Often, after I've showered, I feel sleepy again.

So I lay down (usually with not-quite-dry hair)

and fall asleep for an hour or so.

I wake up looking fabulous!

not really

Tonight, for example,

I went to sleep around 11:30 I think.

I laid down much earlier...10 or so.

I woke up at 2:45.

It is now 4:22 and I have not fallen back to sleep.

I moved some laundry.

Started the dishwasher

downloaded the Utah drivers booklet for Carter

Read the rules for each of the states we are driving through to see if Carter is allowed to help me drive in other states with a driver's permit

(the answer: no)

wandered the house

and laid here trying to think relaxing thoughts.

Usually at some point during the day I will feel so tired that I will lay down.

Sometimes I nap and sometimes I just lay there relaxing.

I can't imagine it will be good to be driving for 8 hours a day on 3 hours of sleep.

So I hope I sleep better this next week!

It's hard to imagine I will sleep very well in various cheap hotels, however.