Pragmatist
Pragmatist

It turned out to be a pretty nice day.  No rain.  Some clouds, but some nice, warm sunshine, too.

And I had trouble walking.

When I finally got out of bed this morning, I had hips and back aching.  And could hardly walk. It hurt to put my weight down, and I was so stiff it was hard to move the joints once the foot was on the floor.

I took half a sleeping tablet last night.  The last time I took a whole Ambien, it was 4 o'clock the next afternoon before the fog left. So I thought a half tab would put me to sleep, and let me wake up and function at a decent time.

Well, I didn't sleep.  Up and down with the twitches, took twice the doses of meds I usually take, walked the floor, swore and threw things, threw myself on the bed and dared me to twitch. And twitch I did.

Finally, just before 0700 hrs, I thought "Oh, well, I might as well get up for the day."  And fell asleep until 1020.  That's when a full bladder drove me out of bed, and groaning with the stiffness and pain.  So after relieving the bladder, I started the exercises I was doing while going through physical therapy while back.  Note to self: Probably be a good idea to continue the exercises for the rest of my days. At least sporadically.

I can't remember when I last attended Sabbath services. I think we were still having lunch outdoors.  Today would have been a nice walk, but I couldn't have made it out the door.

However, as the day wore on, I loosened up, and I did manage a short walk in the late afternoon.  

So I'm going to take a whole Ambien tonight, and if I don't wake up until mid-afternoon tomorrow, okay, I don't wake until mid-afternoon.  All I want is a decent night's sleep.


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