All in a Night's sleep

on my way to work when I am driving I think about how I should have gone to bed earlier or how I am going to get through the day being groggy because i did not get enough sleep.  I think about needing a new pillow or maybe if I deflate or inflate my bed that will help me from not having a sore back when i wake up.  I am glad that last night Franny came into our bed but this time she was by her dad and  not me so that helped with me sleeping until the alarm went off.  I wonder if her having adenoid and tonsil surgery will keep her out of our bed? Alena barely comes into our room so i am thinking we need to do this. i hope I can remember to call or tell Bill to call.
It is so easy for me to fall asleep.  I think I woke up last night 3 separate times.  I know the first time I woke up it was because I had just simply laid down under the covers because my stomach was bothering me, I wonder if it was the stomach problems, the immodium or being tired that knocked me out..either way, I was asleep in 3 minutes and I think I even had a dream!!  I woke up to shouting from everyone about the cubs game so as stupid as it was of me, I got out of bed.  I was mad that I fell asleep and so I did not check Franny's homework or file my reimbursement for school.  I am so tired some days that I get mad that I feel like I don't have time to do everything that needs to be done.
As I went back to sleep later, I can hear the game still on and then the post game.  I can hear Bill sleeping on the couch and snoring.  Did I lock the door?  Did Bill lock the door to his car? I have to get out of bed to wake him up and get him to lower the volume on the TV.  I have been falling asleep to the lights on in the room for some reason, but they don't bother me because I am falling asleep quickly.  I woke up around 2:30 because I hear a noise.  I know my daughter is coming into the bed.  I grab my phone and shine a light so she doesn't trip or fall.  now I am awake and will look at my phone.  The fact that they come into our room bothers me, but i like it also.  Both my girls are hot when they sleep so they do not want the blanket and then sleep on top of it.  I am now cold and my stomach starts to hurt.  Wake up again to pull the blanket off and hope that warming up will not cause another stomach issue to arise.  now my other daughter comes into our bed. I kiss her and try to fall back asleep, now i am sandwiched between two kids and i am starting to get mad.  now i hear the 6:00 alarm and turn it off, then 6:15, still tired so turn it off again...then 6:30, 6:45 and since I am not comfortable anyways, I might as well get up.  the additional people in my bed is what causes me sleep disturbances.  there have been car break ins in our area and so I am thinking of that.  we have no home alarm, will they try to break in?
I have been working on getting a hot cup of tea in me.  it relaxes me.  I also am going to bed before my husband because he drowns out the noises I hear in the house and excuse them as being just him and not something else...anything else...he also uses a CPAP machine and the whirring noise keeps me up.  I have a salt lamp that offers a soft glow.  I turn that on and tell me husband to turn it off when he comes to bed because im afraid of fires.  when my kids come in the bed, i wake up my husband now to carry them back to their room or if they come before he comes to bed he takes them on his own.
I don't always use the same methods.  some times i am so tired that i will crash and if i wake up, i am not going to sit and make hot tea, or take a pill that will possibly keep me from waking up in time for work.  some times i will just pull out my phone or ipad and find that i will fall asleep rather quickly when I ask my eyes to focus on such a small screen. If i find that i am not tired, but my husband is, i will go into our room and put on the Tv and fall asleep to the TV.  once in a blue moon i will take a pill to help me sleep but i really don't want to get used to that.
as of right now i do feel that my remedies are working or at least i am just putting up with them because i can't take a nap during the day.  I start to get drowsy around 1pm right after eating.  i try to also eat a lighter lunch so that i don't get that full after lunch feeling..when I am at work i will get myself another cup of coffee, i will go to the bathroom and wash my face.  These are simple enough things I can do to keep myself awake.
a cup of hot tea helps me to warm my insides because i am always cold and shakey before going to bed.  it helps my body relax.  it is easy to do and typically i will take the route of drinking the hot tea because it does not cause me any side effects like pills do.usually my last resort.  if i know that i don't have to go to work the next day, and if i had a stressful day or fight where i am extremely irritated, i will take this.  i have an old prescription because i don't like taking it and how it made me feel the next day, almost more tired and irritated.  my latest has been taking LDN which is pictured next. it is meant to help me combat the inflammation that is in my body right now and can also be used as a sleep aid.  again, i am not sure what it is doing because i am so tired, i fall asleep right away but find myself waking up 2-3 times a night.











lavender oil sometimes helps me.  the scent gives me a headache sometimes so i try to put it on my feet with socks on.  i have found that upon waking up if it is before 3am, it helps to get me back to sleep.  
my sleep number bed is meant to help with sleep issues and of course my husband loves it but i am not sold on it yet so i need to constantly adjust the settings.
i use my salt lamp that is next to my bed but i don't like to leave it on all night because I worry that it will catch fire which is one of the things that wake me up at night as well.  (sorry, i am at work and had to use stock photos).
I think that the only way i manage after i have had a bad night sleep is that i am so used to not getting a good nights rest that i just manage by drinking coffee, short naps when i can.  it is hard to deal with but on the weekends my husband works and i have to take care of my daughters.  there is not much choice to changing things.
I think if I can give each item a job title I would say that the salt lamp is the soother.  The relaxing pulse of the lamp provides just enough glow that it does not keep you awake.  The matress would be considered the Principal of the school.  If you have a bad mattress, it doesn't matter what you take or do to fall asleep, it is the main character in the book.  You need to have a good mattress for a good nights sleep first and foremost.
the Oils would be the closer at a baseball game.  it is the last thing you do before you get ready for bed, putting it on your skin or feet as I do, cuddling it up with a pair of socks on your feet and get into bed to hope you hit a home run on sleeping the whole night.