early start insomia

Let me set the scene.

You have to get up early – much earlier than usual.  It could be for fun (an early flight to a great destination) or not (a work commitment)  You still have to fit in all the normal “morning stuff”  and possibly a bit more, so you try to get to bed a bit earlier than usual – but don’t really manage it.  You set the alarm for the ungodly hour.

Do you then, like me, work out how much (little) sleep that means you have, even if you fell asleep immediately …… which, of course, you don’t.  Do you lie awake, trying to “nod off”, aware of the precious minutes of rest you are wasting, lying there NOT sleeping  Do you also then wake every 45′ or so to check the ckock and see how much sleep you have left??  Do you finally, almost gratefully, crawl out of bed and begin you day, much wearier than you could have been.

Or is it just me?