Another Sleep-Lacking Night

I went to bed last night about 9:30 because I was up the previous night with a cough. I was so happy to be tired and thought that it would be enough to keep me asleep for the evening. I snuggle up in my bed with my book "Eat Pray Love" and begin to doze after a few pages. Well, at 11:11 PM, I wake up. Man! 90 Minutes of sleep!! Damn!! I even was hoping that my cardio session would have whipped my butt and made me even more tired. No such luck. So, I get up and start hacking. It's not one of those productive coughs. NO, it's the dry, "I've-got- a- popcorn hull-stuck- in- the- side- of- my- throat" coughs. These suck!!

I am such an internet junkie that I choose WebMD to solve my problem. I enter "chronic dry cough" and it pulls up some great information. I immediately put it in action. I prop my pillows and lay on my back. I don't normally sleep in the position. (Oh yeah, prior to reading about my dry cough I watch a video clip on sleep positions and personality. It was quite interesting...I digress.) So, I lie down and realize that my cough is under control. But, I can't sleep this way. I turn on my side and the coughing comes back with a vengeance. I get back on my back and stay there. I was able to get to sleep about an hour later only to be up again. I somehow manage to eek out two hours of sleep.

This would not be such a big deal except that I haven't slept in the last couple days, have a date tonight and lack of sleep always shows on my face and my attitude changes with lack of sleep. I am considering a reschedule of the date so that I can be better company. We'll see how the day plays out.

This afternoon, I have my second appointment with the chiropractor. I actually have had pretty good results from the first adjustment and the neck pain has seriously decreased. It shows up more when there is a stressful catalyst. Now that I am aware of this, I immediately change my stressor if at all possible.

So, as I mentioned earlier, I went to the gym last night. It is always tough getting in there and doing more than just cardio with so many people battling for the equipment. I really wasn't sure what I wanted to work on before I got there and it resulted in a interval cardio session and a short bike ride. One great thing that came out of the trip to the gym was that I met my step teacher's sister who is quite overweight. I mentioned to her that I attend WW and she was interested in attending. I told her that I would love to give her a friendly reminder and have her join me. She seemed excited. We'll see what actually happens. I got her number and will call her Friday night for a Saturday morning weigh-in.

I weighed this morning and the scale is down from yesterday. I am looking forward to a nice loss this week from increased activity and the addition of extra vegetables through salads for meals.

I have a date tonight and we are going to have Mexican in the city. I am craving some enchiladas. I haven't had any in a very long time. My plan is to have a few chips, enjoy my enchiladas and skip the margarita. (Oh how I love margaritas!) I am having salad for lunch.

This date is with brother #2 (R). I still feel awkward meeting with him, but I think that it is better that we get together, check out the situation and let it go from there. Mamma mia!

I didn't realize that I had so much to say. LOL