A Blissful Night's Sleep

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before, but I have occassional bouts of insomnia. It's not the kind of insomnia where you can't fall asleep...I have no problem dropping off by 9:30 some nights. My type of insomnia is the kind where you drift off peacefully to dreamland, and then wake up 3 or 4 hours later, on like a light bulb. I can't take anything when this happens because if I do, I won't get up when the alarm clock goes off at 4:30. Then hubby and the kids don't get up, hubby loses his job, kids are late for school, and it's all my fault. I can't get into the heavy sleep aids, like Lunesta. Have you seen the commercials for that stuff? The list of side effects is scary! It'll basically make you bat shit crazy, like I need that. Lunesta may cause you to drive or swim without knowing it. Oh yeah, thats what I want to do! "Gee honey, you look tired this morning ...and wet." Or the driving thing? Go to bed in Oxford and wake up in Durham? I don't think so. So instead I lie on the couch and try to go back to sleep while some late night infomercial guy tries to sell me a stainless steel veggie shredder with twelve individual blades for julienne slicing. I've been going through this a lot lately, and it's really been catching up with me. I can usually handle it for about 3 to 4 days, then I start getting tired and sluggish, clumsy, moody, and VERY stressed. But last night, for the first time in about a week, I stayed asleep for the whole night (which for me is about 6 and a half hours). YAY! I felt GREAT! I was annoyingly chipper (hubby is NOT a morning person), singing, laughing, dancing. If you've never had insomnia, then you don't know how rejuvenating a good night's sleep can be. So today, my family and I (and everyone who has to deal with me) are thankful for sleep!