Sleepless in Tallahassee

I have a weird problem when it comes to sleeping. If there is not enough background noise, I tend to listen to myself breathe, and then I just stop breathing because I can't sleep when I listen to myself breathe. For some reason, I have done this ever since I was about 10. To keep this from happening, I listen to the radio, have a ceiling fan, and Rusty snores, so typically, I don't have the problem.

In the last week, three things have happened that are now keeping me from sleeping because I am listening to myself breathe. First, I am 9.75 months pregnant, we are midnight potty training Sam, and sleeping is virtually impossible anyway. I get up to use the bathroom or to roll over every 45 minutes or so. On the flip side, Sam is knocking on my door telling me that he has to go potty.

To make matters even more irritating, Rusty has been put on a C-PAP machine for his sleep apnea, so now he doesn't snore anymore - which really is something that I miss. I've been sleeping with him for SO LONG. Most people would look at me like I was crazy, but his snoring really has helped me to sleep. I don't even know that he's there now. Now, I have to look over there to see if he's still there! It's a great thing for him. He is SO rested now, but still....I miss it!

Lastly, my radio station has gone insane! Normally, I listen to the Delilah channel (soft rock) at night mainly because they don't have these 'middle of the night' infomercials or interviews. For some reason, people talking on the radio irritate me, and it wakes me up instantly!

I absolutely LOVE Christmastime. I love the music, the lights, the Christmas plays at church, the gifts, etc. But mostly I love the reason for the season. My relationship with God has grown so much in the past couple of years. It just makes me love Christmastime more. I love everything about Christmas!

This past week (November 12th, to be exact) my "Delilah" channel started playing Christmas music at nighttime. Seriously?!?!? It's just past Veteran's Day! It's not even Thanksgiving yet!! I know that stores have started as early as September with filling the shelves with Christmas items, but I don't know that I'd appreciate Christmas music as much with it starting this early. I now have to find a new radio station and risk infomercials or interviews.

So, with all of my issues this week, I have received little to NO sleep. Once I wake up, I'm up. I've cleared out the TIVO with being up for the majority of the night, MySpace is becoming boring, and my tums are diminishing.

One way or the other, I hope to be sleeping soon.

Oh, wait! Never mind!! I'm gonna have a newborn in the next week or so! What was I thinking?!?!?!

Silly Rebekah.