Signs of Age!?

           So aside from the normal signs of age, or S.O.A.....like stiff legs when you sit with your legs tucked under you, or the fact that I can hardly read the fine print on most things...and reading anything less than a 12 font before 10a.m is utterly impossible. We (yes both of us) seem to be joining the ranks of grandma's and grandpa's around the world who only sleep a handful of hours a night! Last night was no exception. Went to bed at a reasonable time, decided to read until I was relaxed enough to sleep. Lights out....boom, sleeping. Only to have the loudest, weirdest dreams that finally woke me up at 12:00a.m. Fall back asleep only to have,once again, loud odd dreams and wake up at 2:00a.m. I toss and turn until 3:20 or so, decide if I snuggle Tom perhaps I can fall back asleep. So I snuggle up to him & after about 10min. or so he begins to twitch.....mind you he has been perfectly still up until this point! After a few smallish twitches he finally gives one huge jerk, to my shin (later he told me he was dreaming about baby dinosaurs biting at him and had to kick one.... I won't even think of analyzing this!) So now we are both awake. I roll over and now its 3:45. I finally fell asleep. But Tom told me he was pretty much awake the rest of the morning.
      The problem with all of this is the fact that while my body may be saying it doesn't need as much sleep, or perhaps I shouldn't have eaten that extra scoop of triple fudge brownie ice cream!!! Just kidding I didn't have an extra scoop.....or any ice cream for that matter. But I seem to often need less sleep,so says the body, but in my mind the thought of getting up anytime before 6 is not normal, especially for me! And so I will fight this battle! I came home today thinking I may lay down and take a short nap, but when I lay down, my head is so full of lists....thoughts.....to do's that I got up. Hoping and praying that I will fall into an exhausted sleep tonight after youth group! I have read ton's of stuff on getting a better nights sleep, and will give some of those suggestions a try. But perhaps I just need to get up early.....can't believe I even thought that let alone typed it out loud! I could look at these times as a chance to spend a few uninterrupted moment's with God, because really? Who else is going to be up to disturb me!? I could pray, read, or just drink coffee and be still. Doesn't that sound lovely? It does to me, until 4 or 5 a.m rolls around and I am wide awake, and it's chilly outside of my down comforter and I am certain it's a mistake that I am awake......perhaps I need to pick another battle. After all S.O.A is part of life! Just another stage to be in. So with all this said I am going to get up, if I wake up after 4, not roll around in bed kicking the covers off, then pulling them on in my endless cycle of hot and cold! But get up and spend some peaceful time alone, after all that is something very rare! Sleep well friends, it may be your last night of peaceful slumber, you never know when S.O.A will knock at your door!
K~