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miss_lucy21I wound up sleeping a good chunk of today. Yesterday's excitement + insomnia catching up with me. The insomnia isn't the "you've had enough sleep because you've been napping" type. It's the "my brain thinks sleep is not a thing" variety. But I'm still pretty tired, so hopefully I can fall asleep before 1 am tonight.
I had planned to cut off the napping starting tomorrow, but we'll see how it goes. If I sleep well tonight, it might be okay. But if I have another bad night, I might need the nap. Yes, I know, the conventional wisdom is don't nap if you've got insomnia. And that's probably good advice for most people. My brain is not like most people's brains and one of its quirks is that it needs a lot more sleep than most brains. And it also tends to nap better than falling asleep at night, so if that's what needs to happen for me to get enough sleep, then that's what I do. I usually fall asleep just fine at night even if I've had a nap, under normal circumstances.
I'm also intermittently hungry, which is an improvement. I really wanted a burrito yesterday, which is definitely a sign of being hungry, but the antibiotics are making me reflux-y, so a burrito would be a Really Bad Idea. I also wanted pizza today, but also, Bad Idea. So I had a baked potato with cheese and bacon instead. I think I only have another 3 days on the antibiotic, so almost there (that will also help with the tired. Antibiotics seriously tire me out).
My mom came over after church to help me with laundry. I could get it in the washer and get it put away, but moving clothes to the dryer and from the dryer to the basket was just too much bending. So she did that part for me. She's going to come over on Tuesday and help me clean up the apartment so everything is all reset before I start back to work.
Tomorrow, I need to call the allergist's office and see if the results of the immune system bloodwork is in. Also double check when my appointment is because it's not in my calendar (it's probably on my work calendar because I was probably at work when I made the appointment and forgot to put it on my personal calendar). Usually they send a postcard reminder, so I'm sure I haven't missed it, but I feel like it's sometime in April. I think I might also see if I can take my pile of too-long skirts to the tailor I found online.
I had planned to cut off the napping starting tomorrow, but we'll see how it goes. If I sleep well tonight, it might be okay. But if I have another bad night, I might need the nap. Yes, I know, the conventional wisdom is don't nap if you've got insomnia. And that's probably good advice for most people. My brain is not like most people's brains and one of its quirks is that it needs a lot more sleep than most brains. And it also tends to nap better than falling asleep at night, so if that's what needs to happen for me to get enough sleep, then that's what I do. I usually fall asleep just fine at night even if I've had a nap, under normal circumstances.
I'm also intermittently hungry, which is an improvement. I really wanted a burrito yesterday, which is definitely a sign of being hungry, but the antibiotics are making me reflux-y, so a burrito would be a Really Bad Idea. I also wanted pizza today, but also, Bad Idea. So I had a baked potato with cheese and bacon instead. I think I only have another 3 days on the antibiotic, so almost there (that will also help with the tired. Antibiotics seriously tire me out).
My mom came over after church to help me with laundry. I could get it in the washer and get it put away, but moving clothes to the dryer and from the dryer to the basket was just too much bending. So she did that part for me. She's going to come over on Tuesday and help me clean up the apartment so everything is all reset before I start back to work.
Tomorrow, I need to call the allergist's office and see if the results of the immune system bloodwork is in. Also double check when my appointment is because it's not in my calendar (it's probably on my work calendar because I was probably at work when I made the appointment and forgot to put it on my personal calendar). Usually they send a postcard reminder, so I'm sure I haven't missed it, but I feel like it's sometime in April. I think I might also see if I can take my pile of too-long skirts to the tailor I found online.