….but more often than not, you can find me lying awake these days, anywhere from about 4 am to 6 am. It’s as though I’m exhausted enough to fall sleep at 10 or 11 pm, despite all my pregnancy discomfort, but by 4 am I’ve gotten enough sleep that the discomfort begins to override the exhaustion. At least, this is what I think my body must be doing. It’s infuriating. Mostly, I just repeat, “God, please let me fall back to sleep,” over and over again. But then hunger usually kicks in - I’m hungrier than ever! - and I know there is no way I’ll go back to sleep with the rumbling in my tummy. So, it’s snacktime. At 5 am. It’s ridiculous. And, I have to say that I am a little tired of people telling me that all this is just preparation for when the baby comes. It’s not exactly very encouraging. Grrrr.

OK - I’m done with my snack. I’m going to try to sleep some more now, since I have to wake up in an hour.