It was just too darned chilly in our bedroom by the time I got to bed. David likes to sleep with the windows open, and I usually don't mind a 'crack' in one window, but after I got to bed the cold front finally arrived, and it got cold very quickly. After hearing our chiming clock hit 2 o'clock, I decided if I was going to get any sleep, I needed to brave the chill and get up and close both windows, leaving just one only about an inch open. That helped, but I still was cold. So, I pulled the down comforter up over us again. (Thought we were done with that until fall, but I guess not!)
Then, my shoulder started to hurt again (bursitis, and yes, I know you can get a cortisone shot for that, but I've already had at least two in that same shoulder, and they don't like to put too much of that steroid junk into your joints...one friend was told it would make her hip like 'jelly.') So, I have decided to try to 'tough' it out...but that means that sleeping is not very good. It doesn't matter how I lay...that danged shoulder starts hurting and I wake right back up. I heard the clock strike three and four...and eventually (must have dozed off for at least a little bit)....five. So, I got up and put on my wool sox!
I gave up trying to go to sleep by six, so got up and fixed myself some breakfast, and had some hot cocoa...thinking it might help. Well, I did crawl back under the covers and slept until about 9 a.m. You can imagine that tonight I'm weary, and will be heading to bed a bit earlier, thus I am writing on this blog earlier than usual.
We did laundry today. David insists on hanging the sheets, towels (yes, they get hard like a board when they are hung outside, but I have decided to be choosy with my battles...so I don't say anything), his shirts, all the jeans and his undershirts. I do love the smell of fresh, clean laundry that has been dried in this way, and as long as he wants to hang them out there...who am I to argue? We changed the sheets today, so the bed will smell fantastic tonight...hope that helps me nod off...
I'm also typing recipes from a book I borrowed from David's sister's husband. It is titled, 'The Jungle Effect' and is written by Daphne Miller, MD. It takes research about the healthiest diets from around the world (these locations suffer from very little diet-related disease such as diabetes, coronary, depression, cancer, etc.), and tells you how to use these ancestral diets to help improve your health. There are a lot of recipes from each area where these diseases are practically non-existent. So...I'm typing those recipes into my already huge collection of recipes on my computer. Many of them use ingredients we grow right here at our acreage, and if one is determined, it is possible to incorporate most of these healthy foods into our daily meals.
So, I have my work 'cut out for me.' That is probably one reason I'm not sleeping as well (besides the sore shoulder and other factors...) I just absorb way too much of that computer screen glare to allow my body to recognize that it is indeed nighttime, and I need to shut my brain down, and sleep. We'll see if stopping earlier in the evening helps me relax. Of course, after so little sleep last night, one would think I will be able to easily drift off...but that is not always the case with me. I remember my dad took sleeping pills to help him get to sleep. I don't think those are prescribed as frequently these days. At least, they should be a last resort.
Wish me luck...
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