How is it that no matter what time I go to bed.. no matter where I sleep… be it on the couch or my bed… I wake up almost every night between 3.30 and 4.00am.. Its been happening for weeks now…. no months.. and it really doesn’t matter how tired I am… once I have woken up I stay awake and restless until my alarm goes off at 6.

Tonight is another example of how its been going recently… I went to bed at just after 10pm… battled with my wheezy chest for about an hour before finally falling asleep… and then when I started to stir between 3.30 and 4… my cough became so irritating that I couldn’t even stay in bed and rest.. I would have woken HB up…. so… rather than lie there… I’m here.. reading the news.. drinking tea… and writing in my journal….

Its 5.00am…. I’m going to drink my tea and rest my elbows on the Kitchentable

Its now 5.23am.. I’m eating treacle tart and drinking another cup of tea. I’m sure thats not good for me… but then again my appetite has been so squiffy this past week that I’m pleased I actually WANT to eat something at this time of the morning… and it does mean I’ve got the rest of the day to work it off….