it's past my bedtime...the house is so quiet I can hear Courtney's gentle breathing...I really want to be sleeping but alas it evades me...there is nothing good on t.v after 10 o'clock...it's actually very scary what people call entertainment...very scary...my brain is tired but I still can't sleep...counting the blasted sheep isn't working either...maybe I should fold the trailer load of laundry on the living room sofa...ahhh there's the JerBear snore...now my evening is complete...back to the laundry question...nah I would much rather sit here and document my beyond thrilling feeling about being a menopausal insomniac...your riveted...you can't look away...but can you sleep?...I need water...my lips are dry...really dry...but if I drink water I will have to get up seven million times through the night...I hate having an old lady bladder...I really want to sleep...this menopause thing is really no fun...no fun at all...if I am NOT sleeping I am having hot flashes...sexy I know...you want to be me...I know...it's OK...I can handle the envy...can I go to sleep now???
So funny! I have so much to look forward too! Blasted Eve ruined it for all us gals! I mean, if only Adam had eaten the apple first ...
ReplyDeleteJust kidding of course. I would never trade the experience of feeling a baby kicking and moving around. And we get to hold the babies so much more than men. Even if I'm exhausted I try to remember that. It is that experience that makes it all worth while. So hold onto those memories, think of the warmth of holding your newborn babies, rocking them, smelling their sweet baby smell and dream. Dream of your grown children's smiles and laughter.
I, too, am living the parallel existance of you! Feel free to text me any night you are up because 90% of the time I'm going to be up and not sleeping as well!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love those hot flashes...and a hot baby snuggled in close makes it even better. Oh and the drinking and getting up....don't get me started! I have a little person draining me of my precious bodily fluids and I can't replace them at night for fear of how many MORE times I will be up peeing and then nursing....
ReplyDeleteAnd now you are reminding me of what else is in store....I went through this for 2 year in my late 20's. I get to go through menopause not once, but twice!
If you find any relief, any thing that helps you deal....you better share with the rest of us!
Hugs.