Getting out
I found I was a bit more tired yesterday than I realised. I ended up taking something akin to a nap in late morning but “woke up” feeling more tired than I’d been all day. Not exactly a good rest. I did eventually get out of the house on my own in the afternoon for a couple of hours when I went off to the library and then to the grocery store. Driving felt a bit alien and tired me out more than I would have expected, especially since I didn’t venture that far from home. Â I’d had visions of making dinner when I got home but was too tired. I’d also had to deal with an unexpectedly heavy grocery bag when I’m not supposed to be doing heavy work or lifting until six weeks. Fortunately I only had to get it into the shopping cart and then into the car. The Scientist brought that one inside for me and told me off for lifting it in the first place. The worst part of going out is that I had expectations of really enjoying myself but it was mostly disappointing. It was like I was dragging myself around, even at the library. In hindsight, I probably wouldn’t have spent so much time wandering around the library because I was on my feet the whole time I was there.
I again woke up too early this morning, thanks to my bladder, and it took a long while to get back to sleep again. There seems to be a pattern here…Anyway, I finally did get back to a pretty solid sleep for at least one and half hours. What a difference a proper sleep makes! Last night I was feeling quite hesitant about going out again today. But I was feeling well enough that I did go out and it went pretty well. I went to a local shopping center and wandered around a few of the shops then stopped at our local grocery store to get something for dinner. This time I wasn’t ready to crash when I got home and was able to handle cooking the dinner, which didn’t require too much effort. I’m still a bit tired but not exhausted like yesterday. While I still had little satisfaction from wandering through the shops, I did feel pretty good about being able to cook dinner, which was appreciated by all.
