Sleepless Nights

I don't know what's wrong with me lately but I just can't sleep. I had this awesome routine going. I'd try to go to bed around 10 or 11 pm and would then get up at 6 am (and it wasn't even that hard - and that even though I have never been a morning person). I'd go running for an hour, get back and watch "Boy Meets World" while doing some stretches, crunches, etc., take a shower, watch "Saved by the Bell" while getting ready and eating breakfast and then I'd be at work by 9 am, if not earlier. And every day, I felt awake, energized and ready to go. Even on weekends when I didn't set an alarm, I would wake up early (maybe not 6 but around 7 or 8) and would have the whole day to do fun stuff. It was amazing!!!

But since Friday my schedule has been completely messed up and I don't know what happened. When I got off work on Friday, I felt a little tired but didn't want to take a nap because then I wouldn't be able to fall asleep at night. I powered through and suddenly found new energy and then I couldn't fall asleep anymore - not at all. Eventually I gave up trying to sleep and went to my office and seriously worked on stuff all night. At 6 am, I decided to go for a 1 1/2 hour run and even then coming back I wasn't too tired. After taking a shower, eating breakfast and reading for a little while, I curled up on the couch, turned on the TV and eventually dosed off. But after just three hours, I woke again and even though I felt a little tired, I wasn't as exhausted as I should have been. I was up all day, got a little tired in the early evening (but again too early to go to bed for good) and when it was time for bed, I once again couldn't fall asleep. So freakin' annoying!!! And this has continued since then.

Monday night I only slept for three hours. Tuesday I was tired and so, when I got off work, I decided to take a brief nap - especially since it was raining and I couldn't really do anything fun anyway; I'm also on duty this week, so my options of "doing something" are somewhat limited as I have to stay within the duty area. Well, the "brief" aspect of the nap didn't work out. I didn't wake up until 10:30 pm, which then of course let to me not being tired at all around midnight when I tried to go to bed. So once again, I gave up on sleeping and have spent the past few hours working on our Hall Director Manual. (Yes, I lead an exciting life, don't I!?!)

Now it's about 3:30 am and I'm still not tired. I think I'll just continue working on this manual for another hour or so and then go running. If I get tired, I may take a nap in the morning - and let's keep our fingers crossed that I wake up in time for work. Naps are dangerous! ;)

The thing is, I'm so much more productive in the middle of the night right now. I've gotten more done in the past few hours than I did all day. And I'm so much more comfortable than instead of being all dressed up, I'm chillin' in the office in sweat pants, a sports bra and a t-shirt. But still, it'd be nice if I could get back to a normal routine one of these days.