Lost Sleep Due to Anxious Puppy Pacing Around Bedroom All Night Long.

Not to mention whomever was turning on lights and wandering around at 4:00am this morning set the dog off to barking for a full minute, which I didn’t care for. Not that I admonished the puppy, afterwards I just fell right back to sleep – exhausted. I imagine the puppy will sleep a fair bit today after stressing through last nights storm. The rain doesn’t seem to bother him, noise wise (he isn’t a fan of getting wet) but the thunder really makes him sweat.

I sleep like the dead so storms don’t typically wake me up, but a dog pacing around on my bed does, same with a full belly bark inside my room. So I may be a tad grumpy due to such interrupted sleep. I’m not ashamed to admit that a terrible nights sleep will adversely affect my mood. I try not to let it but my patience will hover near zero at a minimum today. Fun times.

In other news my run didn’t seem to upset my hips, knees or calves. That’s a good thing! My breathing is getting better when I run now too. Usually that is the big barrier to success for me, breathing. That and my ankles wanting to snap off my legs leaving me just about unable to walk afterward, for several days. The elliptical seems to not aggravate that. I guess it’s from the strange truncated gait it utilizes for the modified run path. I’m all for it. My guess is if I try to run for real my ankles and legs will immediately not enjoy it, and my breathing & pace will go right out the window!

If I can get a run in over the next few days I’ll be happy. I thought I might try for every day, then every other, and now I’m just looking to go again regardless of frequency. Better head phones should be used to eliminate technical obstacles, and the need to constantly adjust the listening experience. My playlist is over 4 hrs long, so I have no shortage of good tunes to run to. Keeping the kids occupied so that I can run is another challenge in and of itself. Goodness me.

Oh well, it’s Lazy Sunday-Funday so let us hope the rains pass quickly, the storms are brief and uneventful, and that we don’t lose power or the cable/satellite internet either.