Sleep, I just want some sleep.

I have heard that some folks actually get to go to bed, lay down and sleep all the way through the night. An entire 6-7-8 hours at one time without anything waking them. I want to know what this is like!!

I can’t remember the last time I actually slept without interruptions. It has been weeks.

First there are the 5 animals who live with us, don’t get me wrong, I love them dearly but not in the middle of the night when they think they should own a piece of the bed and jump up and down, walk all over the place trying to get comfortable. Then they only stay up on the bed for about 5 minutes as it is hot and crowded yet in this time period they manage to wake me up and there I lay for 30-60 minutes trying to get back to sleep.

Or the damn neighbors dogs, if something gets them going they bark (yes my neighbors keep them outside 24-7, don’t get me started on that rant) of course their barking is heard by my furry darlings who think they need to answer back, just enough though to awaken me for another 30-60 minutes, then they lay down and promptly fall asleep.

Of course there are the unpredictable things like Sunday night which had possibilities that I would get a full nights sleep (I even went to bed at 9:00 or so) but no it wasn’t to be….. instead I awoke at 3:00 am freezing to the realization our heat was not working. If the truth be told, I had noticed this hours earlier, like at 8:00 pm and II told John it wasn’t working but he disagreed with me and said it was working just fine. Tell that to my blue, frozen toes and hands at 3:00 am! It was so cold I laid there, tossed and turned until 4:30 which made for a lot of fun when the alarm clock went off at 5:30 (yes an hour later).

Then there is the snoring. I need say no more. I have poked, prodded, pushed, shoved and NOTHING works! And yes I do mean John, although Gibson snores as well. He will stop for about 30 seconds when I attack him but then it is on, louder and louder. Seriously, there needs to be a solution, anyone have one?

I know I am whining here, I know there are worse things in the world and this is probably insignificant but I don’t care. I am tired and I just want to sleep from start to finish one night. Is that asking too much??

Hmmm maybe I will sneak out to my car at lunch and take a nap!

Have a great day!