Sleep.

It’s always what is disrupted most when we are away from home.

Not that sleep is great at home these days but when away, it’s worse.

I’ve mentioned recently that Courtney’s separation anxiety is through the roof recently. One area it’s really effecting is sleep.

Courtney and I share a bed at home. In our king size bed, she is as close as you can get to me. Through most of the night, her body is touching me in some way. If I’m not there, she ends up waking up at some point and come searches for me.

This became an issue at our stay at the cottage. Courtney won’t sleep in the bedrooms whenever we stay at the cottage. Hasn’t for a few years. She chooses to sleep on the couch. This year, I had to sleep on the other couch. Here’s the problem…the other couch is not right next to her. So, during this vacation, Courtney would wake up in the middle of the night and come join me on my couch. We would both find an awkward position to sleep and then once she was sound asleep I would move. Then…repeat.

This exhausting routine opened my eyes to just how bad her separation anxiety is right now. It’s intense. Honestly, it’s almost suffocating. And obviously quite exhausting.