Well Marlene in Scotland, your tip about that Podcast seems to have worked a mini-miracle! I slept so long last night I didn't wake up till 9.30!!! In fact, I was just making myself a cup of Earl Grey and my phone went - it was Tam, phoning to see if I was alright as I hadn't been on line/Messenger and she was worried I was dead. In which case, the cats might after a few days, have to resort to eating me to stay alive!!! Oh that did make me laugh!
I even have some energy this morning and despite the "2 deg - feels like - 6 deg!" on my computer weather check, I will take myself out for a walk. Tam isn't coming for the weekend as she has come down with a nasty cold, so she is stuck at home saying "a picture" over and over as Rosie keeps pointing to the pictures on the walls (she was doing this last weekend and it sounded like she was saying "que?" like Manuel from Faulty Towers!) Rosie went to the child carer for the first time this week, a short taster session of 3 hours, and didn't cry when Tam left, was enjoying all the toys, and even slept!
I have now been researching our itinerary for the holiday and will truly be walking in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia as we visit several Crusader Castles on our daily tours. Now I am not so exhausted, a little excitement is starting to creep in.
Danny is popping over tomorrow, which will be nice, and tonight I have a talk with the Heritage Society - Celtic to Christian by Dr Mike Williams. Just up my street. I will be wearing a mask though - daren't risk catching something nasty just before my holiday.
Walk on hold until I have found a couple of extra layers to wear as it is blardy perishing out there - they were right about it feeling like minus 6!
That's really good news about the sleeping; it's whatever works for each of us. I am glad you are looking forward to the trip, it will be wonderful once you get going. x
ReplyDeleteIt's so good when you find something that works that well isn't it. What a relief for you, and I guess for the cats too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHow encouraging that Rosie settled in with the daycare. It has to be hard for mothers to go back to work and leave their 'baby' with someone else. In this country maternity leave is brief.
ReplyDeleteCold here also after a frosty moonlit night, but--the sun is shining!!!
Sleep is curative! Stay well. Sounds like some really cool adventures coming up for you. Take care. Your cat is gorgeous!
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I am glad you are perked up enough to start anticipating your holiday. I am glad you had a really good sleep last night. My little disabled cat has come into season ( she is far too tiny to even think about putting her through an operation) and is waking us up at night with her songs to her people.
ReplyDeleteIt was b***** cold here in Derbyshire too. Even though we had beautiful blue skies and sun, but the wind cut right through me. An exciting trip to the tip and then on to Currys to replace OH's laptop. Its kept him quiet playing with it this afternoon. Also a nice late birthday present in the post, a Viburnum for my new garden from my oldest and best friend. Xx
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you are getting a bit excited about your trip. I think once it actually happens, you'll have a lot to tell us. I can't wait to hear.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that you are feeling re-energised. It has been a blooming cold day, although I am sure the supermarket I went in earlier on was colder than it was outside!
ReplyDeleteI am pleased you had such a good sleep what a difference it makes i just discovered the podcast a few weeks ago in a magazine and its a godsend to me, a widow too x
ReplyDeleteI always worry about dying and just mouldering away too. I don't think the dogwalkers who come daily would notice.[I have a text thing at 9AM too]. But I do worry about my Pug, so he has bowls of water I think 4 or five, constantly full, so he'd be ok. [yes then he'd eat me maybe but he only likes pug kibble, lol.]
ReplyDeleteIf the podcast helps you that's wonderful. I will recc it to someone I know who has been struggling to sleep since Covid. I tried the podcast last night and it gave me the heebie jeebies, omg, sooo sllloooowww, like meditation or hypnosis do. On the other hand, I fall asleep the instant I put my head down, tho if I then have a nightmare or panic attack and wake up, I actually try not to go back to sleep.
The trip sounds so exciting.
lizzy
A good night's sleep makes all the difference! When is your trip? I'm sure you mentioned it, but I don't recall. It sounds very exciting.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you got a good nights rest and are beginning to be excited about your holiday.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I like the mindfulness meditations I find on Radio 3 unwind, but only listen during the day. I had a listen to yours out of interest but it was a very strange-sounding robotic voice, possibly AI generated?, so not for me. My bedtime routine is bath and reading in bed and it works for which I am always grateful and I never bring devices into the bedroom. If rarely I wake in the night, 4.30 can be a witching hour for me especially if I’m been out and gone to bed late, I turn over on my back, put my hands on my tummy and breathe deeply and slowly feeling my tummy rise and fall and concentrating only on the breath and within a few rounds I am back to sleep. My days are so full and exhausting I could not cope if I didn’t sleep well. It’s sounding as if your holiday to Jordan is imminent - exciting and I hope we will all be able to enjoy it vicariously with you. I wonder if we’re going to get sunshine today. Yesterday was glorious and I did some housework while I could see the dust and cobwebs. We needed shopping too so I decided to go to the RSPB nature reserve but stopping first at the farm shop for fruit, veg, milk, cheese, walnuts and eggs. It was so lovely and peaceful at the birdy place that I decided to have a bowl of soup sitting outside and walk around again, but this time in the opposite direction including a detour to the little church of Wiggonholt which has the prettiest churchyard. S a volunteer gardener at the birdy place grabbed a cup of tea and sat down with me and we had a lovely gardening talk in the sunshine. My S is so weak and poorly at the moment, but there is nothing I can do beyond making sure there he has plenty of nourishing food and helping with his ablutions (I help him in and out of the bath and dry him and get him into pyjamas and safely into bed) and taking him out if he’s up to it. He hasn’t been able to come downstairs yet so I’ve been up and down with three mugs of tea and three Dove’s Digestive biscuits. (Later - and he is up and about and had porridge for breakfast.) The physio is coming to the house next week to give him exercises to do (good luck with that!) and then on Friday he has a hospital appointment (unnecessary in my view but he is so fixated, which is a Parkinson’s trait, that our kind and empathetic GP said he would organise a referral. No wonder our NHS is on its knees). Thankfully I’m working in the bookshop this afternoon which will be my break today (and I’ll earn 50 squid for my time) and then I will make cauliflower and leek cheese for an early supper and probably settle down to watch more Poldark while knitting. I’ve borrowed from the library a hardback large print edition of Deaf Sentence by David Lodge for book group next month. Its about a deaf old man and its humour is falling on deaf ears from where I’m sitting but last night I managed to read a quarter of it while knitting and watching two episodes of Poldark while sitting in front of the fire. My mum used to knit, read a hardback book and watch TV at the same too so I’m channeling my wonderful multi-tasking mum and also my dad who looked after my mum at home for four years with amazing grace and cheer. Life can be tough, but I’m not the first and won’t be the last and I am getting lots of support from yoga, swimming, well-being cafe and my friends. I feel better when the sun is out and I’m so looking forward to returning to Crete at the end of April. Have a lovely weekend BB and good luck with sleeping well. Just as with babies and children a regular bedtime routine is so important. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments.
ReplyDeleteSarah - one of the podcasts I listened to annoyed me as she spoke SOOOOOOOO slowly, but it did help me sleep! I can multi task in the kitchen, but watching tv, knitting AND reading - beyond me! Branwell Bronte had it sorted - he had an amazing brain which allowed him to write different things with either hand at the same time! I don't know quite how that works.