A good start to the day I had a lie in and wasn't getting up proper until 02.30. I had slept well overall, a short wait until meds and I've been sitting up comfy.
These early starts are established or rather the inability to stay awake much past 6pm the evening before is and that is what came first. I have tried to nudge this around. Not only has it not worked sleep wise it didn't work eating wise either. Eating a small meal makes me tired, so to push the fall asleep time I had to push the eating time too but then I was just quite hungry and getting tired, it wasn't quality time. Neither did it add up to getting up later. So have scrapped that.
My longest sleep is between 6 pm and about 11.37pm, I need that stretch for rest and re-wiring. After that it is getting back to sleep until whenever. If I can get to 2am that's good enough. Before then it's a wait for meds and also a bigger impact on the rest of the day. Having a lying down rest at some time in the morning is a good thing and then a sleep/good doze after lunch works well.
Today good start has roots in yesterday, a brunch, a sleep for hour and half, once I had got up again a good afternoon, some tea and then lying down with my audiobook at 6 and dozing into a good stretch of sleep. Got up for the loo as per the usual but then got back to sleep fairly quickly and comfortably so when I woke up at 02.30 felt well rested and that I had a Sunday morning lie in.
Good day for a lie in, Teak agrees, it is gusty wind and heavy rain, so not sitting on the doorstep this morning. Yesterday though while I didn't sit,I did stand around and see the stars while the coffee was brewing.
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