Go to bed earlier, get more sleep, and don't be so exhausted!

1am to bed. Not doing so well on this goal…...

for the last week due to displaced ribs, and chronic chest pain. I managed to have a physio appoinment today & was pain free for a full four hours. Bliss!

After I got home from the appointment I had to take some strong pain killers for the inflamation. Decided to lay down and woke up three hours later. It was such a treat to have three hours uninterrupted sleep. Yay!

a few nights in the last week or so. A couple of times I’ve managed to get a couple of hours sleep before waking up around midnight, then being wide awake until 4 or 5am, only to be woken between 5.30 and 6.30am by my little one.

Too little sleep over the last few years due to pregnancy, followed by my daughter who sleeps very little, an abusive marriage, then court appearances for an AVO against my ex, plus the fear of retaliation from him have really taken it’s toll, and my health is starting to really suffer.

I’d wanted to get to bed early tonight, I rang my parents for a quick chat and was told that my Grandmother has only a couple of days to live. We’ve been expecting this news for some time, just not so soon. Had to contact my brother to tell him, then ring back my parents. All of this led up to midnight, finally asleep just after 1am.

Now my little cherub decided to come and tell Mummy, that she got up to tell me her Mummy was asleep. Aaaaarrrrgghhhhhh! I marched her back to bed, it’s now 3am, and she’s merrily singing away to her doll on the top of her lungs. Looks like another night of 2-3 hours sleep.

I’ve actually forgotten what it’s like to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a stretch. Five hours of sleep a night is even too much to ask for now. No wonder I’m still finding it so hard to cope with my depression.

I was in bed by 7.30pm, and am sure I fell asleep before my little one. At least I managed 2 1/2 hours of solid sleep before being head-butted by my big cat who wanted to go outside.

Off to bed again shortly to try and get some more sleep.

At the moment. It’s already 12.30am and I’m still sitting here! Still, I’ve managed to get quite a lot of little projects done this evening, so I’m quite happy. :-)

I need to start doing this so that I can start to fight my depression more, have more energy, and lose some weight. All positive outcomes. Now to just discipline myself…......