Inside Out

I did not sleep last night.

Not one wink of sleep for the entire night.

I turned out my light just after midnight, dabbed some “sleep soundly” essential oil behind my ears, found my usual comfortable sleeping position and waited for my slow deep breaths to lull me to sleep.

Nothing.

I lay there completely alert and energised.

I looked at my watch at 1am and tried again to sleep.

I tried every trick I knew (and I know a lot) but at 2am there was still no sign of drowsiness.

At 3am I turned on the TV looking for something that might bore me to sleep but I all I could find was infomercials and home shopping … too dangerous for me! 

At 4am I texted BGWLBH (because she is an hour ahead and usually awake at 5am) but ironically she was sleeping soundly.

At 4.40am I heard Adoring Husband moving about in the kitchen so I got up and told him that I was going to pedal to the beach and meet him for his morning walk.

I got dressed, stole his small flash light from his bedside table (because the batteries are flat on my trike head and tail lights) and began pedalling in the darkness towards the new path that leads to the outriggers shed and the new boat ramp.

There were lots of bats flying about and making that whooshing sound with their wings. They seemed to be very close to my head and the flashlight was disturbing them as I rode along the path. I was quite disturbed too!

There was quite a lot of activity around the boat ramp and the paths were wet with puddles from the sprinklers.

I could see the tiny sliver of silver crescent of a moon in the dark sky. It was a very unusual colour …

It was tricky finding my way along the path with little light and trying to avoid the giant toads that were now looking for their daytime hibernation spots.

I managed to avoid hitting a lady and her dog who were walking quietly on the darkest part of the path, and found my way to the stairs that led down to the beach where I waited for twenty minutes until AH arrived and parked near my trike.

I took a couple of pics with my phone.

I chose not to lug my camera this morning but I may do that in the future.

We couldn’t walk far because the tide was coming in much faster than I expected - but that’s ok for my first walk. I should be able to walk a little further each day.

I pedalled home, even beating AH home who had stopped at the supermarket to grab some lemons and milk.

I made myself some tea and toast and caught up with messages and emails.

By 8am I could feel my body struggling and I was yawning uncontrollably so I excused myself and fell into bed. My bladder woke me at 11.20am and I slept for another hour after that.

I thought it might be a good idea to get up otherwise I’d have to endure another sleepless night.

I made some tuna patties for lunch and we watched a couple of Netflix movies.

I made lasagne for dinner. I’m already yawning through the football and it’s not even 8pm yet 😳

Let’s hope sleep comes easily tonight. There is much to do tomorrow.

Nite all.