I woke up around 2:30 this morning and couldn’t fall back asleep. My stomach was hurting fiercely. I stayed in bed moaning way longer than I should have. Eventually, I got up and took some Alka Seltzer and Aleve and did some reading on the couch. Then I went back to bed and I fell asleep until about 5:30.
I felt pretty awful when I woke up; I don’t do well on interrupted sleep. I did walk my mile, but I did the high mile instead of going all the way down the hill. I had an espresso to help me stay awake through work. I needed to be on point with an early meeting and then class and then more meetings in the afternoon.
I did my exercises during exercise release at lunch. I still need to do my staff spinning. In fact, I still need to eat dinner. I drove to the grocery store in town after work to pick up some more frozen breakfast sandwiches. I reveled in the ability to go and drive at will. But my tummy was still feeling awful, so I chose not to drive out to a trailhead, even though I really wanted to. Instead I came right home and did a half mile walk in the howling wind.
Then I took more painkillers and parked on the couch with a heating pad. I haven’t decided what to eat for dinner. My tummy feels awful. It might be because I’m on my period. I did get some smoothies when I went to the grocery store. I should probably have one of those. Easy on the tummy.
I really hope that I have a good night of sleep tonight. I want to feel good when I drive to Boise after work tomorrow. Or at least well rested. And I hope that I’m feeling better on Saturday for the community service. I’ll push through whether I am or not, but it would be nice not to have to do that.
I’ve got a piece of a song running through my head. A play off of “You Are My Sunshine.” Kind of a dark play. I’ll have to listen to the whole thing and see about adapting. I sent it to a friend who really liked it. I think Ambrose would have liked it a lot.
