u/CodenameBear

My body, at 3a every morning: Hey wake up! It’s time to pee!

Me, all too aware of the immediate danger: Okay Brain, let’s play it cool this time. We’ll just stay in low power mode, pee, and snuggle right back into bed to go back to sleep. Easy peasy. No funny business.

My brain, always so willing to be helpful: That’s a great idea! That’s exactly what we’ll do. One eye open, low power mode, so we can go right back to sleep. We really need it too since we haven’t been sleeping well lately. What with everything going on in our personal life, and all the work stress building up over the last 6 months… speaking of which, did we send out that follow up email to Ashley? Did we book that meeting with Craig? Oh and we need to remember to confirm we finished that project that was handed to us on Monday…

…and do you remember last week when you went grocery shopping and the bag split on your way out of the store and you looked like a frazzled 37-year-old who doesn’t have her shit together whatsoever??? No that’s not related to anything at work, but let’s go ahead and ruminate on it for just a few moments because surely *that* will soothe us back to sleep… 🫠