Sleeping With Julio

One of my first concerts at Red Rocks was to see Julio Iglesias. His opening number, at that time, was new comer comedian, Roseanne Barr. I remember thinking she was a bit nasty.  I was sitting so far back that I like to tell people that Julio was about an inch tall! I purchased a cassette of his songs and would listen to him before going to sleep. If I happened to doze off, the end of the cassette with a noisy clack, would startled me out of my sleep.

Later, I purchased a CD and that worked so much better. My favorite saying was that I "slept with Julio every night." I don't remember why I stopped listening to him. Maybe I wasn't having trouble sleeping. I have been told that my head hits the pillow and I am out. I was asked, "How do you fall asleep so fast?" I shrug and say, "Lucky, I guess."

 Then I began to have problems falling asleep. It seemed the elusive sleep was on a schedule of it's own. Sometimes I would go to bed at eleven and be awake at one and unable to fall back to sleep.
I recall my father telling me he could not sleep but if he started to watch television, he would fall into deep sleep. The minute he went to bed, he was wide-eyed and unable to sleep. Was this sleeping pattern hereditary? I seemed to be doing the exact same thing.

About a month ago I was going through my CD's and found The Relaxation Collection of soft, relaxing music. Surely this will put me to sleep, I thought. I listened to the whole CD and finally got up to read since I could not sleep. Three days ago, I found Julio Iglesias, My Life of his greatest hits. I put the CD into place and before the fourth song I was asleep. For three days I have been sleeping normally and have Julio to thank. Because I like the songs he is singing, I try to stay awake to hear them all but so far I have not heard the last fourteen songs.

Once again, Julio is helping me sleep, so once again, I can say I am sleeping with Julio!

Here is the list of the songs that help me sleep:

To All The Girls I've Loved Before

Moralito

All of You

Crazy

My Love

Can't Help Falling in Love

Vincent

When I Need You

Crazy in Love

Fragile

When You Tell Me that You Love Me

Caruso

Smoke Gets in Your eyes

Summer Wind

Por El Amor De Una Mujer

Moonlight Lady

My Way

Me Va, Me Va