Summertime Insomniac

I only have this problem, it seems, during the summertime, but I just cannot sleep! Take tonight for instance: I didn't fall asleep until after midnight, and yet here it is four o'clock and my body thinks it's got all the sleep it needs. I woke up an hour ago because it was so hot and dry in my room. I went upstairs, got a drink, put on some lotion. I came back down to bed . . . nothing.

Tried that relaxing your whole body thing--working at the toes and letting relaxation surge up your body. That just made me think of that time Allie, Monica, April, Terra, (Sarah?) and I tried to hypnotize ourselves in the game room. You know those weight loss programs--eating half and leaving half, thin and slim again, my mind is strong, my body is strong--that sort of thing. I tried to ignore that thought as I went up my body with relaxation. Trouble hit when I started to go back down.

When I reached "relax your buttocks" I thought about how funny it would have been if one of us five (6?) girls had farted at that exact moment during our hypnosis session. That got me going for quite awhile as my mind fought any idea of sleep.

Of course, this only made me think of it more, and eventually my mind turned to other things college. Like that I still have to come up with 3-4 names of people I would like on my committee for institute council next year. I don't think I 3-4 people that didn't graduate. I run through the list and weed out everyone I've thought of: April was on the same committee last year, Shelby's not the institute council type, Jaclyn wasn't my favorite Nauvoo roommate, I don't know Mallory's last name. You see my problem? I have to get names to Brother Clark by the end of the month!

Ick! I never realized how awful Tums aftertaste is! It's like I'm sucking on a penny, only it's all the way in the back of my mouth. When I went upstairs I grabbed two Tums because we had pizza for dinner and I was sick of tasting it. (Sorry.) Usually I'll grab one or two Tums and go to bed, so I don't have to taste them after the initial chewing and swallowing process. I wish I didn't have to taste them now!

I have church in less than 6 hours. I will be so tired by then, but for now I am wide awake! What am I going to do for six hours? Try and fail some more at sleeping? Watch some more Stargate? That's not exactly "Sunday appropriate" television. Should I go upstairs and read my library book? Or maybe take a hot bath?

I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I can't breathe, the reason why I can't sleep. I'm allergic to my brother's big fat cat, but only when it sheds. This is the point where my father would say "that [expletive deleted] cat always sheds!"

Well, I think I'm going to try to sleep now, hopefully getting this mess of thoughts out will make it much easier to sleep. Hopefully.