Tuesday 12th February 2019
“When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap” — Tom Hodgkinson

A really good day today, other than the football result. I’d set the alarm for 6.30am so I could go in work a bit earlier, and leave a bit earlier to pick the kids up from school. It’s the first alarm I’ve set for a while, so I didn’t mind it too much. Do you ever do that thing where you wake just before your alarm ? I woke naturally at 6.28am, so it wasn’t too bad getting up. I was up and out pretty quickly, and the traffic was much better at that time than I’ve been experiencing later on.

I got to work early on, and from 9am onwards I was pretty much back to back in meetings, which always means the day passes pretty quickly. It felt like a really worthwhile day and I left mid afternoon to get to school.

I picked up Luke and Parker, but while I was at the school I could feel the tiredness from the early morning and the slightly longer workday. Off home we went, and having now learned to embrace the nap, I went straight up at about 4.15pm and slept until the alarm I set at 5.30pm. While I’m getting used to this now, I know that if I sleep too long I can’t get to sleep at night, hence setting the alarm.

I’d felt fine all day, yesterday very much an anomaly, however about 7pm that headache had crept back in. A couple of paracetamol and it’s gone, so not as bad as yesterday’s, I suspect it’s from not drinking enough water and I’m trying to make up for it before I go to bed.

Symptom update. Tired enough to nap again today, yes. My nose, it’s as bad as its been today, extremely sore and still bleeds a little if I blow my nose. I did some research on this today and found a tip to use vaseline in there to help it heal, and so far if anything it’s provided some real relief. Tinnitus, par for the course. Appetite, well I haven’t had steroids since Friday and I’ve not eaten or wanted to eat as much today.

Similar day tomorrow, work, nap, eat, sleep, and we’re another day done !