I do love the morning and it is great to be a morning person again. I have fallen asleep before midnight two nights in a row and I hope that trend keeps going on. I woke up at 4am this morning and watched a little t.v. but then went back to bed and slept until 6:30am.

Jack the cat is also happy that I am back to getting up early because he gets to sit outside longer. For a while I was getting up and taking a shower and then running out the door so he didn’t get his time out on the balcony.

I think it is the zyprexa I am taking that has turned my day around to be back on mornings. It happened the last time I took this medication. I wonder if this is something that happens to other people. It would be interesing to find out.

I also am putting on a bit of weight with the zyprexa. I needed it so I won’t complain but of course it all goes to the middle section. My appetite has increased to where I am cleaning off my plate. I have to make sure to keep doing the treadmill a few times a week to not really pack on the pounds.

I do need to rest in the afternoon and at times I’ve taken an hour or so nap. If I don’t I know I will get overtired and then have a harder time falling alseep. It’s like being a little kid. I do have to be careful that the naps don’t end up being for a few hours because that will interfere with my sleep. Yesterday I fell alseep for about an hour and didn’t have any problem falling asleep.

My pain level with the fibro is still pretty high but my mood is such that I can deal with it. When I lie down in the afternoon I mediate to relax the muscles and it does help with the pain. If I have been sitting a lot I need to do this because my back and hips end up hurting like heck.

Well, these are my morning thoughts today. Looking out the window I see that it is snowing a little, just a bit of a flurry. I am off to face the day.

Ellen