Just for once I thought I had got it right last night when Maureen went to ‘rest her legs’ shortly before 8 pm.  She woke an hour later and asked me ‘if it was time to go to school ?’  On hearing that it was Saturday, she went back to bed and closed the bedroom door.  When I turned in a couple of hours later I went for the spare room to make sure I didn’t disturb her.

At 3am Maureen went to the bathroom and complained that ‘she was cold’.  She wondered ‘how she had got here?’  I left her to it for a while and she went downstairs to search for socks.  She continued to complain that all the radiators were cold.  After a short time I joined her downstairs and eased her back to bed.  The curtains were wide open in ourbedroom and the street light  beaming in.  I closed the curtains, added some additional bedding, introduced a warming heatie-wheatie and enquired if I should join her in bed.  After a while of reassurance from me, on all sorts of fronts, Maureen returned the land of nod: no such luck for me.

If I don’t find a way of getting more sleep soon I am going to be in trouble. My body is crying out for more rest but I am struggling to find a way forward.  I am sure my leg and shoulder problems would be eased by both following the recommended exercise routines and more rest.  I could be that my gastric problems that will be investigated in a week’s time might be eased if I slow down a little.  Unfortunately, once I am awake I can’t seem to be able to take off my thinking cap.  I am very concerned about the news I received on my brother yesterday and that will feature in a post in a couple of hours.

It is never easy for me to develop a healthy sleep pattern, and I need to do something to address my current round of early morning wakening.  Unfortunately, there is so much going on at the moment that it is difficult to switch off once I am awake.   Perhaps the solution is to sort out one or two pressing matters, then I will be able to sleep a little more peacefully and for just a little bit longer.