Don’t you just hate it when you’re woken up at 3:45AM by horrible pain! Like while you were sleeping, someone snuck into your room and hooked you up to one of those electric-shock-type torture machines. Then, while you slept, they turned it up to the highest possible voltage and flipped the switch and then broke the switch off and turned the cord invisible (it could happen…)so that there’s no possible way to turn the machine off (Insert evil-villain cackle here.) And then, Zap! Zap! Zap! Zap!..you get the picture!  It seems especially cruel to be woken this way when you view sleep as your refuge. Generally when I fall asleep I feel no pain, usually, unless it’s forced its’ way into my dreams, which is still a very different way of experiencing pain. I’ve explained this to my hubby. When I sleep I feel no pain! That is glorious!!  Just those words, “no pain”!  They make me breath regularly again!  This is why I sleep late. It is not because I’m lazy or hopeless or bored or useless or, well, any word that comes to mind when you think of someone excessively sleeping in.  (Do you want to know the funny thing about all of these judgemental thoughts about sleeping in? The majority of them, perhaps even all of them, are what I say to myself!! They do not come from my husband, though I know it can frustrate him, but I’m my worst, or perhaps best, critic…) Anyway, since I do use sleep as an escape from the pain, it is so so awful and frustrating when the pain wakes me up!! (And that’s why I’m bothering telling you so! Okay, what is that from?? I can’t bloody remember and it’s eating at me!!) I repeat, in case my intent wasn’t clear, it is too frustrating, awful, annoying, sad, maddening, etc. being woken up by pain. It pisses me off!!  It feels like one more thing taken away from me!! So, now that I’ve written a minor rant about pain disturbing my slumber, (“Who disturbs my slumber???” Great! Now what is that from??) I will get a fresh ice-pack, rub essential oils on my face, pop some pills, etc. etc. and attempt to fall back asleep. The key word being “attempt”. 

Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!

Aladdin!!! That’s what it’s from! The “cave of wonders” asks “who disturbs my slumber!” Yay!! I remembered something! (Yes, this does make me excited. When you have memory issues you take what you can get!!). Still can’t recall the first one. I’ll have to ask my oldest tomorrow…

Oh oh!!! Dr Seuss! “And that’s why I’m bothering telling you so!!” From the Sleep Book!!  Whoohoo!!!!!