Turning off your brain

I am a night worker.  At night after I go to bed, I often times spend that quite time going over the work I need to get done the next day.  I find that by the time I actually get to sleep, its time to wake up and go to work.  At this point,  I am so tired from working all night, I find it hard to get motivated in the morning. I often try various tricks to settle my mind into sleep..... I listen to music, count sheep,think boring thoughts, no matter what I try, sleep is often elusive.  On a rare occasion I will try a sleeping pill, but even then my mind fights it and I have wild dreams and when I wake up I feel like my head is in a box.  What's the answer, I wish I knew.  Many of us struggle with a mind that just won't stop.  I often times have my most brilliant ideas at night, unfortunately I forget most of them by the time the sun rises.  I should talk into a tape recorder so I could remember, but I'm sure my husband wouldn't care for that idea at all. Sleep is suppose to be rejuvenating, and about once a month I am fortunate enough that my exhaustion takes over, and I sleep the most wonderful sleep......my husband does not find it wonderful however as he claims I snore loud enough to rattle the windows. Along with the 3 dog circus and the foodpires that live at my house....uninterrupted sleep for me is elusive.  I will continue to try to find the answer, I bet if I could find the answer to rejuvenating uninterrupted sleep I could market it and be well on the way to conquering one of my New Years resolutions.  I guess I will continue to sleep with one eye open and brain cells burning until I find the secret to turning off my mind....