Restless

Why on earth, you might be wondering, am I sitting in my room, at 12:30 a.m. writing a blog post? Well, I can't sleep. Have you ever had the feeling, as you're lying there, trying to sleep, and your mind just won't slow down? I've had more than plenty nights recently where I have that trouble. After spending an hour rolling from side to side, finding a comfortable spot, and trying to relax, I gave up on the idea of sleep and got up.

I wasn't quite sure what to do, as I can't turn on a light, because my roommate is asleep, so studying wasn't an option - and so here I am, writing you all a blog post at this ridiculous hour. It's almost funny, when I think about it. I was tired at 7:00 p.m. today. I could have gone to bed then, and I wouldn't have had this problem.

Like I said before, this has happened with irritating frequency lately. My mind just isn't slowing down when I'm tired. To be honest, I don't think it's slowing down even when I do get to sleep anymore. I've been dreaming a lot more often lately. Whereas I used to rarely dream of a theme repeatedly unless it was in a recurring dream, lately I've been having different dreams with shared themes, which is quite abnormal for me.

What's even weirder is the level of detail I'm able to recall from the dreams, and how realistic they are.I mean, the ability to recall dreams like this is just... strange. Not to say that I haven't recalled strange dreams in great detail before, I just haven't recalled this many related dreams in this level of detail in such a short period of time before. It's just weird.

Are dreams supposed to tell you something? When I'm dreaming about a very specific thing over and over for weeks on end, it makes me wonder.

Either way, I suppose I'll try to sleep again at some point. If that fails, there's a good chance you'll see another post at silly hours of the morning today - or is it tonight?

Tossing and turning,
Shansie