Burning

It's 4am. I've been awake since 2. I'm really tired, but I can't sleep. "Why's that?" you may ask.
The culprit is heartburn.

I've had some uncomfortable and even painful experiences with heartburn during my pregnancy, but tonight has topped them all. This is, hands-down, the worst heartburn I've ever had in my life. The only other times that the heartburn has gotten pretty bad, I threw up and everything was alright again. Not this time. I threw up an hour and a half ago, I could throw up again at any time, but that doesn't seem to matter whatsoever. I've taken my trusty Zantac, I resorted to taking Tums, which I haven't taken since I was 5 weeks pregnant since they grossed me out, I tried eating some bread-which did not go well, and I tried mixing a small amount of baking soda with water and swallowing that-which I think brought on the puking. I've been praying and begging for relief, I got on the computer to look up any other remedies I may have neglected, and the only thing I had left to try was almond milk. Fortunately, I love almond milk and almost always have some on hand, so I've been gradually sipping lots of almond milk for the past 20 minutes. I still feel like I'm going to throw up every couple of minutes, but I've kept it down so far. It's supposed to work because of two things: 1) Almonds are widely considered a remedy for heartburn, so almond milk would have the same effect 2) Calcium, which is found in antacids, is also considered to be effective at quelling the torrent of unruly stomach acid, and almond milk has about twice the calcium of dairy milk. I do wonder, though, how much of it I'm gonna have to drink before this nightmare is over and I can get some sleep.

I also wonder something that may seem unrelated, but for sure is. You know how in love songs, the singer will say something like "I'm burning for you" or "I burn for you"? Do you think that their burning is anything like the raging inferno of heartburn that I'm experiencing? For their sakes, I surely hope not. It would help me empathize with them a bit more, though. It's rough enough to be filled with intense love for some one who doesn't reciprocate, but to add burning into the equation? Yikes.

Also, I'm really impressed that Jeff has slept through all of this. I sat straight up in bed at 2am because of the pain, which usually wakes him up, but didn't this time. I've been in and out of bed at least 10 times, I threw up, I've gone to the bathroom, and I've been rummaging around the kitchen for medicines and almond milk. He must be exhausted. I hope he doesn't feel left out tomorrow, but I really didn't see any point in waking him up. He can't do anything for me, and he needs his sleep so he can be productive at his job tomorrow/today. I might leave him a note, though, telling him to let me sleep as late as I want to because I had a rough night. That sounds good.

Oh, hey-since I'm awake, I've really wanted to share this awesome video. Remember that Gotye video I posted before? Well, I still love that song quite a bit. It actually gets stuck in my head all day every day for days at a time, but that hasn't made me love it less. So my brother-in-law (Jeff's little brother), Patrick, showed me this video and I LOVED IT! It's a Gotye cover (of which there are many), but it's by Pentatonix-the winners of the most recent season of "The Sing-Off." They're SO GOOD, and this cover rivals the original, and even eclipses it in many ways. Actually, in my opinion, the only two ways that the original is still better are 1) Gotye's voice on the chorus has such a raw, unique quality to it that kind of puts his fingerprint on the song 2) Kimbra, the female vocalist in Gotye's original, has such a distinct sound. Her voice has a special element to it and gives the vocals a haunting feel. The female vocalist from Pentatonix (Kristie, I believe) has a nice voice, but it doesn't have anything special to it. It feels like something's missing from her part, and if you've heard Kimbra sing it, you know exactly what that is. All that said, it's a phenomenal cover and I recommend you check it out. Right now.

....*sigh* It is now 5am. I've gone through 3 glasses of almond milk and I still can't tell if it's doing anything. Well, crap. I guess it's over to facebook or pinterest.
Or not. I just threw up again, and the heartburn tide has ebbed. I'm gonna capitalize on it and try to get some more sleep. Later.