Need to catch some Zzzzzz

Short post today since I feel drained of energy, emotion, and whatever else I am suppose to have. My sleeping habits have been pretty consistent the past few years. Usually, I am in bed by 11pm and wake up around 6am. Since moving to the new apartment, my sleeping patterns have been so strange! I can't fall asleep before midnight and have been waking up at 4am every morning. After a week of this, my body just can't handle it anymore.

Yesterday, I debated going to a hip hop class or zumba class after work. As much as I love dancing, my body just didn't want to move. So I finally listened to my body (for once), and just went home and slept. I am not sure if that was such a good idea since I only napped for an hour, but couldn't go back to sleep until 1:30am. As usual, I woke up to a dark room with the clock saying 4:01 am. I contemplated reading Twilight, but decided to lie in bed for another hour.

This morning, I made a quick trip to Whole Foods and bought Valerian, a natural supplement to help me sleep. A friend recommended this to me, so hopefully it will work tonight. I'm a firm believer in "toughing it out" and probably take medicine once a year. Thus I have no medicine lying around in the house. The closest thing I have is bandaids.

I've always taken pride in my toughness in the sense that I don't want to be a stereotypical girl. I don't shy away from shots, blood, camping, and can usually handle a good amount of pain. So this whole sleep deprivation thing is really rubbing my ego the wrong way. I thought I could handle it, but I think it is time to admit defeat and get some "help". At least valerian is a natural supplement... My mom, the chinese doctor, would be proud! =)

Well, I have rambled on enough... I blame it on a lack of sleep.