Back to "Normal"

Every time I woke-up this mornings, I had lines all over me. I never felt well-rested. I still don't. I'm on my second 16oz glass of water, hoping that and doing my best to psych myself up will help. I'm having limited success. I'm definitely fighting sleep.

Usually I feel best if I allow myself to sleep until I feel well-rested, but I'm trying to keep to a schedule. I allow for some "down-time" and/or naps in the afternoon. I've successfully kept to that schedule since Tuesday. Tuesday, I didn't nap, per se, but I did allow myself to get close while listening to some television with the children. I felt better afterward. Yesterday, I did nap. I don't remember whether I felt better afterward. I do remember it being *very* difficult waking up and getting myself going afterward. My guess is that means I didn't feel better. I did have a good evening, though, even making a "real" dinner.

The furnace filters were changed last evening. I wonder if I'll see any difference with respect to that, either with sneezing, a runny nose or maybe even tiredness. One of the filters is in my bedroom. I don't feel any more congested than normal, though.

This past week, I've had lots of very vivid and complex dreams. Sometimes I dream in the morning when I allow myself to go back to sleep. I have no idea if it makes any sense, but I think when this happens that I've awakened in the wrong part of a sleep cycle and I need to finish the cycle to feel better. I think I remember it helping to wait until I don't wake-up during dreaming. Given my memory troubles, though, I can't completely trust this.

I still haven't called the sleep doctor. Beyond not being thrilled about calling, I'm not thrilled at the prospect of trying yet another medication that causes, rather than solves, problems. I do need to call, however. It won't get the problem solved by not calling; calling might help.