It felt as if I was resting most comfortably atop an infinite amount of fluffy cotton puffs. No aches or pains were registering on the radar. My breathing was audibly soundless and completely in control, which was a departure from the newly established status quo these past few nights since I’ve acquired this cold.
The only issue I was having was that I was now completely awake and consciously counting the sheep as they gently leapt from atop the night nurse’s quiet snores and out the window and into the darkness of the evening.
I was at a crossroads in my head and a decision had to be made. Do I remain in this perceived place of relative comfort and do my best to fall asleep again or do I put my faith in the notion that getting repositioned to my side would do the trick like it always does?
The instant I saw the numbers on our digital clock with both of my eyes, I knew I had chosen poorly. It was 3:23 AM.
Phlegm thickened saliva accumulating in my left cheek, grunt for suction, Bzzzzzzzzzz (sound of suction machine suctioning), coughing coughing, eyes closed to sleep, hack hack hack, cough cough COUGH COUGH, dislodged phlegm ball now at the base of my tongue, grunt grunt GRUNT for suction, Bzzzzzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzz, slithering phlegm escapes back down my throat due to involuntary swallowing reflex.
Eyes closed to sleep.
Hack hack cough cough grunt for suction
Rather than repeat this drama for the remainder of the evening, I was relocated to the recliner. Reunited with my trusty Giants wearable blanket, I finally drifted off to sleep (for about an hour) dreaming about outside food.
It was 4:20ish, of course.
The Adventures of ALS Boy 
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Sorry about the cold, sounds like it’s almost gone… I hope.
hopefully cold is gone.
counting for falling asleep works good, sometimes. I have a friend who moves white sheep from one island to another island where are only black sheep. She moves these black ones too counting them all black and whites. Tooo complicated to get asleep i think 😀
Myself i listen to cars. There should be a road about 1000 meters from the apartment and i am trying to hear if there was a car passing 😀
p.s. u have changed the comment system? it is good indeed!
Hope you feel better soon, Jason!