My mind has been on overdrive. Not bad thoughts, just a noisy constant irritating chatter that I can’t seem to tame. I am having trouble getting to sleep and waking late with a headache. This will not do. Sleep is my specialist subject, I have never had trouble with it before. The number one suspect is lack of exercise. Although I have been trying to get out and about, going for short but leisurely walks, I fear these have not been enough.
This morning I did a little yoga, trying very hard to silence the nattering, with limited success. Then after lunch I set off on my own, intent on striding up and around Hillsborough, the rugged hill between ourselves and the sea. Both ancient hill fort and nature reserve, we are very lucky to have it almost literally on our doorstep. It was chilly, with intermittent blusters of rain, but long before I had got to the top I rued wearing quite so many clothes. Three quarters of an hour later I stepped back in the house, flushed and thirsty. Good medicine.
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Hope your sleeping skills come back. Sleep is also my specialist subject and so I know it is very irritating when your powers fail from time to time
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Thank you, I am sure it will, as you can imagine it is a little bizarre!
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Lack of exercise and fresh air are big factors in sleep disturbance, especially for us outdorsie people! It will all get better when you’ll be back on your (both) feet 🙂
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I don’t think I realised how much that side of things would affect me, of course it makes total sense when you think about it properly. Thanks 🙂
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Your writing has seemed to be somewhat subdued. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I know better than that. I just mean that it does not quite invoke the fear of a yellow boot like it did before the injury.
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Oh no, I hope my evil power is not diminishing! I am sure I will be back to full strength very soon, so don’t get complacent. And thanks 🙂
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EVIL?! Oh my! I did not mean ‘evil’! I just meant . . . well . . .
Anyway, I certainly will not get complacent.
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Any change in routine can have an impact on our body clock. Yoga and a good blast of fresh air will hopefully reset it soon – don’t fret pet, especially about the teasels. How are you this morning?
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I was a bit achy actually, but was up early (haven’t seen 7.00am for a while) to get the train to Exeter for the day. No headache, horray!
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Sounds good to me!
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Cripes you’re doing well. That was not an easy walk, we’ve done it often but with two good feet!
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I was puffing a bit (lot!). Will probably give it another go tomorrow, it will get easier I’m sure.
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Great that you are walking again. Insomnia is a plague, I’ve suffered with it for years. You lie there with the mind going round and round on endless loops. Hope the exercise and yoga works.
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Thanks, I’m sorry to hear that you suffer from insomnia, it must be so frustrating for you. I wonder: should I read some more of my boo, get up and do something, have a cup of tea, but just lie there working out what I would do with £1million if I had it and other really useful things!
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