OK, I am armed with my boom stereo and (as per yesterdays blog) the only CD that I could find, really quickly is Paul McKenna "I Can Make You Rich". I say to myself that it is a self help CD meditation of some kind so it is OK.
I have a shower moisturise my body and face accordingly even though I don't feel like it because I am tired (I suffer from chronic eczema so moisturising is a must every night irrespective or how tired I am) and hey presto, I look around the room and I am ready for this experience.
I will set the scene more for you. Today I have just pick up 4 German students that I am going to host for 3 nights they have had they tuna bake and pineapple and ice cream (not together I might add) and now they are in the room very quiet This means that they are tired from the journey over to London and gone to sleep.
My son has done the 3 questions before bed routine which requires him walking up and down the stairs for each question so that must mean that he is settled. This must mean that this relaxation before bed is going to be great.
I put the CD on and I get into bed and and lay there waiting for the CD to start. I discover that I cant hear it because of the bed clothes that are covering my ear (I have to have my ears covered when I am sleeping) so I get up and I turn it up. Great I get back into bed and and I lay there and I am listening to all the suggestion of having a richness and assuming that this richness has already entered my life and what I would be like and I find that the sound is getting quieter and quieter. I get up and adjust again but to say the least I am not feeling very tired anymore and I am thinking about how many take it took to record this CD. I bear with it till the end during which my leg are straight in the bed, lapping over one another on some kind of rota system, my eyes are closed and then they are not. Basically my body feels like I am on a very gentle vibrating bed. There is no part of me that is still and or feels relaxed
The CD has ended and I catapult out of the bed upright and find that I have an urgent need to do the following:- go to the toilet, have a drink (cold of course because I am thirsty and not hungry), have a look in my diary to see if I have any hospital appointments this week and finally have a look at my thing to do list to see if I have done any of it and what I need to do for tomorrow.
Is this nightmare or am I experiencing this for real. Yes it is real so now I turn the television on to see what might be on but all I now want to do is to have another drink. Enough I think to myself and I decide to go back to bed.
I count to 100 really fast and I think I have to do it again before I feel a sense of sleep kicking in. I pray that I don't wake up before the alarm for 6.30 am. Surely I can get 4 hour uninterrupted sleep..........................
Apparently not, I wake at 5.30 to have another wee and now it too early to get up and start the day but I don't want to over sleep in case I am late to do breakfast for 6 people and drop 4 off to Morden Meeting Place. Yes you have guessed it I lay there with my eyes wide open wondering if I can guess when the alarm is going to go off. How bright will it be when the alarm goes off and will I be sleeping in a deep sleep or just pleased that this relaxation called sleep is all over and I can get on with the day irrespective of how tired I am.
Will try another tactic tomorrow but in the meantime I desperately need any suggestion that anyone may have.
Live with Passion and 100% Relaxation
Judy