[flickr id=”5026755818″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]I used to be a night owl.

I could stay up all night and function like a human the next day.

Of course, this was before children 2 & 3 (but as recent as 8 years ago).

I would stay up until 3AM and be up at 6AM to get ready for work & school & out the door. I’ve never been a morning person, but I would function and be almost perky by 9.

After the kids, I started losing ground.  It’s now to the point where if I’m not in bed by 11PM most nights (9 or 10 sometimes), I can’t function in the morning.  I’m still not a morning person but boy do I need sleep.

Last night I went through my usual routine. Shut everything down, went to bed at 11.

Tossed and turned for an hour and a half before I gave up.

Came out to the couch and turned on the TV. Waited until I couldn’t keep my eyes open (2AMish) and turned it off.

Rolled over and WHAM.

Wide awake again.

Short of it, I didn’t fall asleep until 4:30AM and woke up with my alarm at 5:30AM.

I’m so tired I stopped writing this post 2 hours ago and promptly forgot about it thinking I’d already posted.

Insomnia?

It sucks.