I'm home after two long days of driving.
What made me happy today?
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Welcome home, Catriona. 
A day of research on guerilla warfare gave me an interesting direction for a story arc.
A first proper night's sleep in months has left me feeling a new man. 9 hours of unbroken rest, as much as it has meant I have overslept into my writing time, will do me the power of good. I've been subsisting on half to two-thirds of that since about March.
I can’t remember when I last had more than about 6
I couldn't for a long time. Stick in there. You'll get a good night soon.
The kids sleeping through was a big step in the right direction. Then the end of term. Then the adjustment to the holidays. It's meant that today's chapter has been more snappily written than almost anything I've written in a very long time, and I don't feel mentally exhausted after 2,000 words.
That sounds familiar. Working in healthcare as I do (and performing music on top of that) means that I regularly have to subsist on about 6 hours of sleep. On the plus side, the day after that I work from home, so it's not a major issue.
On the other hand, some nights I had to survive on 5 hours, and sometimes (rarely) I had to survive on 4. (Stupid neighbours partying 'til all hours, grumble). I don't recommend that. :-\
I spent the next day trying to prove a scientific hypothesis: that caffeine can replace sleep. You'll be unsurprised to know that the results were not an outstanding success.
It's winter here, so I wouldn't have a frozen anything. :-\ But it's going to be a cold weekend, so I'll make one of my favourites: hot chocolate with a dash of caramel, a couple of dark chocolate squares, a teaspoon of honey, and a pinch of cinnamon.
Or maybe I should add a pinch of ground ginger. Whichever works.
Or maybe I should add a pinch of ground ginger. Whichever works.
Teaching and parenthood have not been good for my sleep. Working late, up in the night, up early to be in work for 7am, and the end result has been years of sleep deprivation. Not good at best, but as an autistic man who needs 8 hours to function, it has been something of a living sensory nightmare. As the kids have got older, they've started to sleep more, so there's been something resembling recovery. After literal years in survival mode, where there's been no leeway whatsoever, where I've been rather grumpy in my day-to-day, even one night's sleep is blessed relief - even if it always results in a headache and mild physical crash.That sounds familiar. Working in healthcare as I do (and performing music on top of that) means that I regularly have to subsist on about 6 hours of sleep. On the plus side, the day after that I work from home, so it's not a major issue.
On the other hand, some nights I had to survive on 5 hours, and sometimes (rarely) I had to survive on 4. (Stupid neighbours partying 'til all hours, grumble). I don't recommend that. :-\
I spent the next day trying to prove a scientific hypothesis: that caffeine can replace sleep. You'll be unsurprised to know that the results were not an outstanding success.
Anyway, with the kids out I've been able to rattle through 3,000 words and now I'm watching a certain Yorkshireman make some more Test cricket history. Joe Root is on the cusp of his 38th Test century, and only 22 runs short of becoming the second-most prolific batter in Test history, behind only honourary Yorkshireman Sachin Tendulkar.
It's a cool, still morning in the garden and there is enough water to keep it green.
I can. When I had a kidney stone last year and came down from the opiods after being awake for 24 hours. I can't function with more than 6 hours sleep. Makes me feel like a zombie. 4.5 to 5.5 is my go-to.
After months of searching for the owner of a ruined church on loch torridan in scotland AND FAILING, the property just went up for sale...
It'd be a huge renovation project for my wife and me, but oh would it be fun! We're prolly gunna tender an offer for it. Any scots or brits on site fancy a chat real quick? need to pick a brain or two..
Td
P.S. love u all
It'd be a huge renovation project for my wife and me, but oh would it be fun! We're prolly gunna tender an offer for it. Any scots or brits on site fancy a chat real quick? need to pick a brain or two..
Td
P.S. love u all
Pro tip: to pass a kidney stone, go to the circus like Kramer did in Seinfeld.
The passing is the easy part. Getting the fucker from your kidney to the bladder is the more painful part. The ureter has the bore of a cocktail stirrer. Seems like an evolutionary oversight. That hurt so much I was laughing hysterically.
and then they zap it with ultrasound to break it up but that gives it sharp edges...
Only at 5mm, apparently.
(shudders)
Off to drink a gallon of lemon water, I go!
No lunch for me yet (it's not lunch time here), and I'm not going to take a stroll - it's way too cold for that.
But speaking of simple pleasures, my neck hurts, so I'm going to put a heat-pack on it. The things we do for strained muscles.
But speaking of simple pleasures, my neck hurts, so I'm going to put a heat-pack on it. The things we do for strained muscles.
