I'm in a state that's somewhere between what old Filipino folk call, 'nauupos na kandila', which would be a melting candle in English, and a dam that's about to burst. I really should just go to sleep and get it over with but I find that my chaotic thoughts are battling with my tired body. Hmm. What to do, what to do?
Here are 5 quick and safe solutions that just might work:
- Have a cup of sleepytime tea instead of the the usual coffee before bed. I love Celestial Seasonings' and Yogi's Bedtime Tea.
- Take an anti-histamine already, for goodness' sake! A couple of shots of saline solution up each of my nostrils and probably some badger winter wonder balm or a whiff of Echostore's Spa in a bottle would help, too.
- Take my vitamins. See, all that worrying and stressing makes me forget sometimes. For all I know, with a vitamin every day, I'd feel less defeated.
- Sign out of all those social networking sites, and just get up from my chair and into bed. Oftentimes, getting stuck in front of my computer's what keeps me from precious sleep.
I know whatever deeper thoughts or prevailing challenges that have been keeping me awake these past few days could still be there tomorrow, but let me handle them on a better day, one I hope to get with enough sleep, clearer sinuses, a refreshed body.
In case I still have some tension, a headache and these blasted allergic rhinitis symptoms when I wake up after, say, the third try, I'll try a no-fail cry a bucket of tears movie. And, of course, there's
5. Prayer, the #1 no-fail fix-it healing balm.
I really should try to put it in the top of my list, instead of at the bottom, for an 'in-case-nothing-works' situation. Maybe then, I won't need to find myself in a state that will motivate me to come up with a list like this.
