Insomnia

This past week I've had a lot on my mind and have found myself up during the wee hours of the night (or is it morning?) The other night I was up from 3 am-5:30 am. Funny things happen in your mind at that hour. I laid there for a long time thinking, "Okay... if I close my eyes and fall asleep NOW, I will get three and a half hours of sleep. Ready, go!" Then, nothing. Okay, try it again. Now it will be 3 hours and fifteen minutes. That's still a lot, right?! After nearly 45 minutes of a dialogue like that in my mind, I started contemplating getting up, going downstairs and writing this blog.

But that would mean a commitment to being awake. It would mean I *really* wouldn't get that three + hours (which was quickly drawing close to becoming two + hours of more sleep.) But I'll tell you what, this post was TONS more interesting in my mind (and lots funnier) at 4 am than it is now. I was also worried if I went downstairs I would grab a snack (which is TOTALLY against all things Weight Watchers) and then it would become a habit and then I'd be 400 lbs. in no time.

I was solving all the world problems from my pillow at about 4:15am. My mom is in the throws of some severe health issues. I took some valuable time to pray and ask God for wisdom and intervention. I also tried to figure out all the angles of what could be done on her behalf.

Which brought me to about 4:45. At which point a really important question popped into my mind. (I kid you not, this is seriously the question I pondered for a while):

What ever happened to that candy, SPREES? Do you remember them? I really liked them because there were like 200 in a roll and that roll seemed to last forever. Probably because they were so sour that I could only eat several in the span of an hour. Funny, as I laid there and even now as I type this, my mouth started to water just thinking about how sour they were. But then as I thought of them it dawned on me... I don't think I've seen them in years. But then again, I'm not sure I've thoroughly inspected the candy aisle in a long time. That in turn made me think of another old candy bar called a Marathon bar. Remember that one? As I remember, it was basically caramel covered in chocolate in kind of a long braid shape. I *think* it came in a red wrapper. (Is it normal for people to lay awake at night, thinking of candy they miss? Thus... Weight Watchers!)

Somewhere around 5:15-5:30, I must have drifted off to sleep. I was rudely awakened at 6:30 by my alarm. Tired. I still don't have answers to my candy questions, but the next time I can't sleep I *might* Google and get some answers. But probably not.