Two nights ago, I was suffering from a bout of insomnia. Which has been happening a bit more than usual lately; still not as bad as in Edmonton when we lived on Whyte Ave., but every three months or so, I'll have a night where I just can't sleep.
The problems a couple nights ago were multiple. First, I was just kind of wired when I went to bed. No real reason for it, I was just not that sleepy. Secondly, I had a throbbing pain in my foot. Not a horrific pain, but one where, due to being wide awake, you were more cognisant about it than if you were actually sleepy. Finally, I had an Angus issue.
As I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, and I didn't want my tossing and turning, and sighing and grumbling to keep Kristie awake, I went into the living room to sleep. And as I didn't want the noise of pulling out the hide-a-bed to wake Kristie or the dogs, I just threw my blankets on the floor, and tried to go to sleep. I determined that after about an hour or so of this, I turned on the TV to watch some Futurama DVDs; something that will generally make me feel drowsy after about three or four episodes. When I turned off the TV at around 2:30-ish I could feel myself drifting off into slumber, when...
"Scratch!"
Angus had gotten out of bed and wanted to get my attention by scratching my head.
I had to laugh, at the timing of it all, and even though I knew there was no way that I would be getting any sleep, I couldn't get mad at Angus. He's Angus after all!
By about 4:00 AM, I knew from experience, that I would start getting drowsy, so I decided to turn off my alarm, which was set for 5:00 AM, and sleep in until 6:00 AM. I knew that there was no way that I would be in any shape to run after an hour of sleep. Kristie got up at around 5:00 AM anyway due to her internal alarm clock and started milling around, getting coffee, etc. So I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep any longer.
While we didn't go for the run in the morning, we did go for one in the evening. We did the big hill route again. I still didn't have much energy, and Kristie developed a stitch early into the run. While we did complete the 5 KM run (thankfully it was only 5 KM), neither one of us felt very good about our performance.
Luckily today was an off day from running, and we were able to sleep in until about 5:30 AM!
Oh, and if you're wondering, last night's sleep was much better!
The problems a couple nights ago were multiple. First, I was just kind of wired when I went to bed. No real reason for it, I was just not that sleepy. Secondly, I had a throbbing pain in my foot. Not a horrific pain, but one where, due to being wide awake, you were more cognisant about it than if you were actually sleepy. Finally, I had an Angus issue.
As I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, and I didn't want my tossing and turning, and sighing and grumbling to keep Kristie awake, I went into the living room to sleep. And as I didn't want the noise of pulling out the hide-a-bed to wake Kristie or the dogs, I just threw my blankets on the floor, and tried to go to sleep. I determined that after about an hour or so of this, I turned on the TV to watch some Futurama DVDs; something that will generally make me feel drowsy after about three or four episodes. When I turned off the TV at around 2:30-ish I could feel myself drifting off into slumber, when...
"Scratch!"
Angus had gotten out of bed and wanted to get my attention by scratching my head.
I had to laugh, at the timing of it all, and even though I knew there was no way that I would be getting any sleep, I couldn't get mad at Angus. He's Angus after all!
By about 4:00 AM, I knew from experience, that I would start getting drowsy, so I decided to turn off my alarm, which was set for 5:00 AM, and sleep in until 6:00 AM. I knew that there was no way that I would be in any shape to run after an hour of sleep. Kristie got up at around 5:00 AM anyway due to her internal alarm clock and started milling around, getting coffee, etc. So I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep any longer.
While we didn't go for the run in the morning, we did go for one in the evening. We did the big hill route again. I still didn't have much energy, and Kristie developed a stitch early into the run. While we did complete the 5 KM run (thankfully it was only 5 KM), neither one of us felt very good about our performance.
Luckily today was an off day from running, and we were able to sleep in until about 5:30 AM!
Oh, and if you're wondering, last night's sleep was much better!
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