Sorry for your struggle with sleep last night Sun. Waking up through the night is the worst. It can be very upsetting especially if I am really tired. Do you think the increased back ache was because of the anxiety from you fight for sleep? Do you think the waking was because of the wind? When I wake up throughout the night that my resolve to stay calm is almost non existance. It can be really upsetting and I will often ache somewhere on my body. It must be a hundred times worse given you back problems being so constant already.

I am with you. I hope tonight is better for both of us too. I claim it to be so!!

I am heading out into the record cold for our area (-10C) to enjoy a dose of sunshine and crisp air. I will need to bundle up good today. It is beautiful out there. The sky is so blue and the mountains are shining with snow. Beauty is so magical.

As the days get longer we are getting more direct sunlight in our little valley surrounded by mountains. In the heart of winter we might get maybe 30 minutes around the noon hour between mountain peaks blocking the sun. I have to walk a good distance to the north to get out of the shadow.