On Tuesday the power went out. It was out for thirteen hours. We had to use candles for light. It got cold in the house. Mom got nervous and very talkative. Amanda and I got zero sleep. When the lights came back on at 3:30 A.M. mom thought it was early evening not early morning.
By the time she went to sleep. The sun was well up and I was well into my day. Wednesday night after prayer meeting I went to bed and found myself awake until probably 1 or 2 and then I was up for a full day on Thursday.
Last night I slept from about midnight to about 3 A.M.and was awake off and on from that point forward. I have noticed that not sleeping is affecting how I eat and how I process information emotionally. The lenten fast has been thrown pretty much out the window since the snowstorm, interestingly I am finding that the prayer structures I was trying to achieve are coming a bit more easily. Being awake at 3 A.M makes Matins and Lauds a lot easier, but my eating schedule is all over the map.
I am going to give myself another day or so to normalize and then I will make some other considerations. I definitely need to have one good night’s sleep before Sunday morning.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET TO SLEEP?
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i often wake up in the night. All my life. until a few years ago it used to bother me a lot but then I learnt to enjoy the time to myself. I think calmly about things and I pray. I pray the rosary or I make lists of people – alphabetical, or birthdays, or anniversaries, or deceased and I pray for them. I often don’t get through to the end of the list because I fall asleep!
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This is a good way to look at it. I am trying to adjust my prayer schedule to accommodate this new rhythm.
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I rarely find sleep an illusive playfellow. BUT if she is then I generally get a cup of coffee or tea, and wait for her to join me.
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Maybe it is an aging thing. I have never had a problem sleeping before, but these days I notice when my schedule is interrupted I have trouble getting back to it.
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