[Lindsey]

Diana, your Saturday sounded like a lot of fun!

Judy, I hope the storm doesn't affect you too much and you don't lose power.

Gayle, that must be so frustrating!!!

I didn't go to work today... I could not fall asleep last night. I had some sleepytime tea before bed, did a word search with Scott, and then did some reading... it was about 12:30 and I still wasn't tired but thought I need to try to sleep. At 1:30 I got up to take an Advil nighttime, which has a little bit of sleeping aid. I had a bit of a headache, which was probably just from not being able to sleep. By 2:30 I still hadn't slept a wink, so I turned on my lamp and started reading again. At 4:30 I closed the book and tried to go back to sleep. I think I fell asleep somewhere around 5, and my alarm went off at 6. I was exhausted, my head ached, and I just didn't feel safe driving on an hour of sleep.

This insomnia just seems to keep getting worse. It will affect me for 3 or 4 days in a row, and then I am fine for a month or so, and then it happens again. On Friday night, one of our friends we were out with says she takes sleeping pills every single night or she just won't sleep. Scott made a joke about her being dependent on them, and she said "Yeah, I don't care" and that's what I DON'T want. I worry if I go to the doctor and get prescribed something for it, I will start to NEED them to sleep.

It is 9:30 pm right now, and I don't feel tired. I just made a whole teapot full of sleepytime tea, so hopefully a few cups will knock me out tonight. Here's to hoping!