I am usually a pretty fast and solid sleeper. I lay down, I fall asleep. Every once in a while however, I get an episode like tonight when I am tired, I lay down in bed, and 30 minutes later, I still can’t fall asleep. Tonight’s insomnia is probably due to my racing mind; I just couldn’t clear it of all the thoughts that were running through my head … from dinner to what would happen tomorrow to attending a jeff scholar event at the end of september (9 months away!!!) to not being able to fall asleep. Isn’t that a classic? I can’t fall asleep because I can’t stop thinking about not being able to fall asleep.

The last couple of times that I couldn’t fall asleep, I just got up to do something else. There’s no point in just laying there in bed, knowing I can’t fall asleep. So here I am, writing in my blog, hoping to get my mind clear and/or tired enough to fall asleep when I try again. I think I like this better than continuing to lie in bed, without accomplishing anything aside from a building of my frustration at continuing to be awake.

I seem to feel a stronger bout of tiredness now … maybe it will overcome the thoughts in my head. I will try again to go fall asleep.