Insomnia

I have insomnia. Now, I know what you're thinking. It's not real insomnia, because it only happens sometimes and even then, I still eventually fall asleep.

But I'm counting it anyway, because it's still miserable.
Whenever I get stressed, or things in my life are going to be changing, I have a terrible time falling asleep and staying asleep. I have tried watching movies (and that works, if I watch them long enough), staying busy right up until I go to sleep (I work on a tall ship, I used to fall asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow after a nice little talk with God- from working so hard) and I have tried drinking Sleepy Time Tea (I love that stuff).

You may have noticed. that I said "stressed" and "about to experience change." The perfect times for sleep loss!

Yup. This has been a special experience.

To be fair, I have a whole lot of shows and movies that I hadn't been able to watch, because that pesky sleep. I got to almost catch up on Terra Nova and Grimm (two fantastic new shows) as well as watching lots of Stargate, Dr Who and Sherlock. I watched Catch and Release, Batman Begins, and SO MUCH Game of Thrones.

I pray and that helps, but I also pray throughout my day. If I wake up at an unreasonable hour like 4am, I pray, maybe read a bit, and hope and pray that I'll be awake when the cook calls main course.

And I, finally, fall asleep.