All I want is to sleep. Jumping from the couch I offered my sleep aids to the husband. There's the blue pills, Tylenol P.M. or, the purple ones, ZzzQuil.
What are the blue ones for? For sore muscles or aches and pains. What about the purple ones? Just for sleeping, I enthusiastically replied. I'll take the blue ones. Yes! Daddy's come around to mama's way of thinking.
The husband loves to tease me about the sleep aids I use. He calls me a drug addicted woman but truly, it's for his benefit. Well into menopause, my usual ability to sleep at a drop of a hat has gone by the way side. I toss and turn, flip and flop, and I'm tuned in to every waking sound, the husbands slumbering purrs being one of them. Before I turned to melatonin or anything with diphenhydramine in it, I would roll him over or nudge his legs with mine. I have even been accused of whacking him in the face on an occasion. Although he claims the abuse, I can't be responsible for my actions when I'm sleep deprived.
He's wired to be a morning person. It's not uncommon for me to see him working in his office while I'm finding my way to the bathroom at 1:00 in the morning, then watch him rise and shine the following day at 5:00 A.M.
Lately though, he's been stiff and uncomfortable causing him some sleepless nights.
It was about 11:00 on a Friday night when I handed him his invitation to torpidity. Like clockwork, he was up and about at the crack of dawn but what was so unusual, after a couple of hours, he went back to bed.
Not even the smell of bacon aroused him. When I went to check on him, he was still snoozing. It was 11:00 Saturday morning and I decided enough was enough, the man needed to get up. After all, I made breakfast.
He obliged but not willingly. Shortly after he ate, he crawled back into bed. Seriously, who is this guy?
The husband slept til 2:00 in the afternoon. He claimed I drugged him, but actually it was his body taking advantage of the opportunity to catch up on some much needed rest.
So on a beautiful Saturday afternoon when it wasn't raining, nor was it pouring, and when he would normally be keeping himself busy, the old man was definitely snoring.
6 comments:
Wow, Your story sounds like me to a point. Menopause Turned me into a insomniac. I have a hard time staying asleep. Some times if I am wore out, I will fall asleep. It is like I should set a timer instead of an alarm. :):) Hope you and your husband get your sleep pattern insync. Blessings, xoxo,Susie
Cute blog post...One thing I don't have trouble doing is sleeping..I'm thankful for that..
Oh Saimi, I so can relate.... I've been through that and had to go to sleep in the next spare bedroom but his snoring kept me awake most of the night too anyway. My back couldn't take the old mattress so we switched bed and it wasn't any better. His snoring could still keep me awake through the wall. He now sleep in a folding bed to keep his head raised and has stopped snoring or at least I don't hear him snore anymore.
He had problems with acid reflux and started sleeping in his big comfy Lazy-boy chair. The man can fall asleep anywhere even at the computer.
Now I sleep in a king size bed all by myself but I can finally get a good night sleep so I can wake up at 5:00am every morning to go to work at the farm...
Getting old is not for the fainth at heart. Hang in there.
Hugs,
JB
Hi Saimi,
I too can relate with this post Saimi except I don't have the man snoring problem any longer. (my husband, God rest his soul, passed many years ago)
I have an aversion to sleeping medications so I tried some folk remedies. Thankfully, I got relief from oil of Primrose long enough for it to pass. It was a couple of years though.
Surprisingly, it's been a long time since I've had a problem going to sleep at bed time and staying asleep. I still can't fall asleep during the day but thank goodness I can at night. Hopefully, this too shall pass for you.
Thank you so much for leaving such sweet words of encouragement at my blog. And, thank you so much for sharing...Louise
I don't get much sleep either. I have to wear foam earplugs because of hubby's snoring. And being in peri-menopause makes for fun trying to get some sleep. I sleep with the window open in 40F temps and still wake up sweating. fun fun.
Nothing more frustrating than lying awake next to a snorer! :-)
I can't function without sleep so have huge sympathy for anyone suffering insomnia....
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