Sleep My Darling

I haven't been sleeping well lately. I don't know what's up. I have been staying up on the weekends until 4, 5, or even 6 AM. And when I do finally turn in for the night I'm not really even sleepy. It's weird. On weeknights I have been able to make myself go to bed about midnight or twelve thirty, but normally I end up lying there for a while before I drift off.

Beth's work schedule has changed several times lately and this might have something do with it. First of all I have been really slow to adjust to having someone sleeping in the bed with me. Some nights it is no big deal and some nights I lay there in agony just wishing that I could stretch out. My body literally aches. And on those nights I usually move to the futon in the middle of the night. But recently Beth has had to work an earlier schedule and therefore is going to bed earlier. As I said before, I can't go to bed at 11 at night so I usually slip into bed a while later. Maybe this is causing the sleeping problems. I'm trying to get to sleep, but feel like I can't toss and turn like I normally do to get to get comfortable because I don't want to wake her up.

Most of you know that I have been blessed with never really having any sleeping problems in the past. We all have bouts of insomnia once in a while, but for me they were few and far between. Not anymore. I guess a trip to the doctor for some sleep aid is in my future if things don't change soon. The good news it that Beth's schedule is supposed to change again in a week or two and she will be working later in the day. This means she can go to bed later and by going to bed at the same time I will be able to move around and get comfortable before she is asleep. I will keep you posted...

-OUT