I hardly slept last night. 

Before going to sleep, I did everything “right” to insure that I would sleep soundly:

• I closed all screens two hours before winding down.
• I played a game of Backgammon with my sweetie, which we have done every night for many years.
• I took my herbal sleeping remedy.
• I had a light snack with protein, carb, and fat. (Perfect for my adrenal glands.)
• I took a warm bath with epsom salt and lavender.
• I read a bit in my novel while two of my three cats snuggled with me.
• I turned on the air conditioning, making the bedroom nice and cool.
• I closed the curtains so the room was pitch black.
• I covered up my digital clock so I wouldn’t fixate on the time.
• I turned on my white noise machine.
• I rubbed some AdrenaCalme on my wrists.

I do each of these things every night, and usually they send me into a deep slumber for many hours.

But not last night. I could feel my mind swirling and my heart racing and my body tensing and my adrenals on high alert.

At some point in the early hours of the morning I realized something: I had done everything I could to make sure the More