En Fuego = Insomnia

Loopy Lupron Day 22

Sometimes it is hard to tell if I am having side effects or if these things have always been and I am just noticing them more. The one time of day that I can tell I am having side effects is at night. I am normally a good sleeper at nite, even in the summer when it is hot and we don't have ac. However, for about a week now I have been having night sweats and waking up. All I can say about hot flashes is it feels like your body goes from normal to on fire instantly. Also with this heating up comes sweating. So I have been waking up hot and soaking wet. I am not waking up groggy, I am actually wide awake when this happens. On Friday nite I woke up at 2:30am hot, wet, and wide awake. It seemed no matter how much I tried to cool down, I felt like our room was a sauna. I decided that I had to get up, so I went down stairs with my pillow, my book, and turned on the tv. By 3:30am I was cooled off and ready to go back to bed. I managed to sleep until 5ish until another hot flash woke me up, luckily this was short lived so I fell back asleep until 7am. This has been happening for about a week and I hope that I don't have to go 6 months like this. I haven't felt tired during the day, but I know that evidently fatigue will catch up. Now it is ok to be a little tired but when I am working it may be rough, middle school students are not that forgiving nor understanding. I guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

Nathan started his new job last Wednesday and so far so good. He seems to like it. Nathan says time goes fast, so that is good. He hasn't had to work any over nites so that is so much better than his last job. They said that he will probably only work 1 to 2 over nites a week so that is good for when he starts school and it is also good for his well-being. His new schedule has allowed us to work on the house and actually start getting things done. We have stained and installed our bar cabinet and hardy backer for the tiling. I have created a mosaic tile design and I am now working on getting the design laid and then we can set in the sink. Our next step for the family room is going to be hanging the tv and shelving and moving in the furniture. Our goal is to have that done today.