September 21, 2023

It's the wee hours of the morning but I'm awake so I thought I'd write about some things while they're occupying my mind when I ought to be sleeping. John hasn't been sleeping well recently, so I haven't been either. He has been a great sleeper until now, so I've been blessed. But it's getting ugly. It's been pretty bad this week, but he has a cold so maybe that's made it worse. I woke up an hour or so ago because I heard him moving around the bedroom. I thought I'd better take him to the bathroom but when I reached out to lift the toilet seat I discovered it was wet. He had already tried to pee in the toilet, but since the lid was closed he just peed on top of it. So I ended up cleaning the toilet and mopping the floor. Great fun in the middle of the night. Last night was trouble too. He peed in the sink instead of the toilet. He peed in MY sink! Not his sink. So last night I cleaned the sink in the middle of the night. He - we - were up 4 times last night but at least I fell back to sleep fairly easily each time. That isn't happening tonight. And that didn't happen 2 nights ago. Instead I lie awake with my mind in high gear. Before this week I've been waking up with him when he gets up. I've been pretty successful at getting him to the toilet before it's too late. Maybe I'm too tired this week to wake up right away, so I'm ending up with more messes to clean up. The lack of sleep is taking a toll.