Day 10: Sleep....Glorious Sleep

I was hoping to get to bed early-ish last night due to my lack of sleep the night before, but that didn't happen. I finally closed my eyes at around 11 pm, which gives me 7 hours instead of my preferred 8. However, my sleep was SO deep and solid that I don't remember a thing between closing my eyes and suddenly waking up 10 minutes before my alarm. It was like I had been drugged. I flailed around confusedly trying to check the time, unpinning myself from the sheet that always twists around me like a boa constrictor, and realized that my iphone wasn't on its dock on my nightstand as usual. Since I use my phone as an alarm clock I wondered briefly where the heck it went and if I would hear it when 6:00 rolled around. Then I snuggled back into my warm nest and promptly fell back asleep. It turns out the phone hadn't gone far. It did go off at 6:00, and I found it buried in the blankets at the foot of the bed. I have NO IDEA how it got there. That has never happened before, and I can only assume that I moved it for whatever reason in my sleep. Or I have a ghost. Long story short, I slept AWESOME when I finally did get to sleep, and I had no problem being just a tad cheerier than usual this morning.

The past couple of days I've managed to drink both my honey-cinnamon tea AND a green smoothie before leaving the house. It gives me an unbelievable boost both physically and mentally. I have been eating well, trying to avoid inflammatory foods (aside from a brush with some ground Italian sausage. I'm not sorry.) I definitely feel better and less achey when I follow that regimen. The healthier I can be this week the better, since my daughter and I are flying out to visit my mom, brother and sister-in-law on Thursday. I always completely derail when I travel, and end up with indigestion and regrets. I did request that my mom have organic honey and cinnamon on hand though, so at least I can keep up with that routine.

Happy Wednesday all!