Monday, November 10, 2008

5w2d - Exhaustion

I never fully understood pure exhaustion before. I get it now. I am SO tired. I can't bring myself to do anything I should be doing. My house is a mess. And when I do attempt to do something productive I usually end up getting frustrated and cry. And then I laugh at myself for crying. And K joins in...which sends me right back to crying.

As if being horribly tired wasn't bad enough, I can't sleep! I have a cold or something that is making me cough and giving me a scratchy throat and it makes it impossible to sleep. Last night I went to bed at 9:30, didn't fall asleep until 12:30 and was awake about every 20 minutes flopping around until my alarm went off at 6:15. Which meant that I went to school exhausted and actually had the bright idea to try and nap at my desk when the kids were at music. So I closed the door, set the alarm on my phone in case a miracle happened and I actually fell asleep, curled up on my desk college style, and closed my eyes. No sooner had I done that when I heard someone say, "Bored?". Busted. The reading teacher came in and caught me. Boo...that was the end of my "nap".

Tonight I plan on trying the couch to see if it makes a difference and I can sleep through the night. We'll see how it goes...I've already been choosing places in the school where I could go sleep tomorrow while my student teacher teaches. So far the science room is sounding pretty good. In between the dinosaurs and rocks...perfect.

3 comments:

Leannabanna said...

So the scratchy throat is totally a pregnancy thing. I had it all of week 5 and at the begining of week 6! And the sleeplessness - ahhh - I feel your pain. Try some hot chocolate made with milk and watching TV - that always helps me fall asleep ( the tv). I hope you get some sleep soon!

Shannon said...

Oh Bee, Im sorry that you are so tired yet you cant sleep. That has to be miserable! I hope you find some comfort with that and soon!

Lindsay said...

I hope that you get a good night sleep sometime soon!