Top 10, or so, Reasons Why I Can’t Sleep at Night:
Swine Flu Thoughts…
Never-ending To-Do List Thoughts…
OCD Thoughts…
Right Here….what DaddyMac says as he points to a spot on his back that needs rubbing
Imagining what I want to do the next day…
Never gonna wear a two-piece again??!! thoughts…
Get me more milk Mommy…
Hot, no….cold….no, Hot…
Under the covers, no….outside the covers….no, just one leg out….
Zzzs….If I fall asleep right now, I’ll get (fill-in-as-I-watch-the-hours-go-by) hours of sleep…
But, the BIGGEST reason I can’t sleep at night is…….
Can you figure it out???
The clues are right there…..
Yup!
SNORING HUZ!!!!
Maybe the voices in my head will go away if I get me some damn ear plugs already!
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Maybe he has sleep apnea. My mother has it and I am a medical transcriptionist and type this a lot.
Haha… loved this!
Yeah, and so what if he DOES have sleep apnea??? Your dad does – and he has been prescribed a CPAP machine that he usually doesnt use, but even if he does, he still snores with it on, so whats the point really???? And, although I do agree with you that sleep is over-rated, I have WAY MORE IMPORTANT things that I could replace normal sleeping hours with – I dont want to waste them kicking, pushing, shoving, pillow slamming or cursing at the snoring machine next to me. Now you know the truth about why I spent all that money to finish our basement -because thats where I send him when I've had all that I can take!!! (which is pretty much every single night!!) Now that I got that off my chest, I do want to tell you how awesome and funny this piece is that you wrote!!
Oh, I can so relate. Especially to the, "if I fall asleep right NOW I can still get…"
Sigh. Hope you get some sleep tonight.
How funny! I really have to figure out how to think about nothing. I think I'd sleep if I didn't think!
I liked your post…sorry that you are missing out on so much sleep though…makes me crabby when I don't get the sleep that I need!!
LOL! That's a lot of the reasons I can't sleep either! Great post! I found you through Mama Kat (decided to check out the three links above me), and I love it!
Good luck with the snoring!
~ Jen
I couldn't even think of 10 reasons I can't sleep because I sleep pretty good and only have two main reasons–night sweats and cats jumping on my bed–I just have to pet them when they come.
My brother in law sleeps with one of those machines…I'm pretty sure you're just SOL no matter what.
But I love how creative you were!!!
LOL! What a clever post! My husband gets poked and kicked a lot whenever he snores, luckily it's not too often!
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