Wide awake since 3am.
90mins later, I’m out of bed, reading on the sofa and resigned to the fact that I’m going to crash and burn mid-afternoon.
Insomnia is a bitch.
Wellbeing
Thursday, September 14, 2023 →
I felt a lot better by late this afternoon - so much, that I even made it to the gym.
(Though I have no photos to prove this - so, does it count?)
A quick workout on arms and shoulders and some time on the cross-trainer so I could catch up on ‘Invasion’ on my iPad.
Time well spent!
Feeling better...
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Following yesterday’s fun and games, I had a bland dinner of carbs, took a shower and got into bed at 8:30pm. I was asleep within the hour and slept right through to this morning’s alarm at 6am. As predicted, I’m feeling slightly better today, but far from 100%. I have a face-to-face workshop to run this morning - for a team of twenty psychologists, no less! - which will keep me on my toes.The fatigue
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Back home, lying down, and feeling very sorry for myself. Crohn’s disease is no fun whatsoever. The thing that gets me the most? The soul-sucking fatigue. I’m just shattered. Exhausted. I’m sure I’ll feel a little better tomorrow, then better again the day after. But for today, I’m just going to stay horizontal and rest. I’m just glad I could pack up at work and take the time to rest.Having taken six flights since Sunday, I think it’s pretty inevitable to arrive home with some kind of airborne illness.
And so I greet the weekend - the hottest of the year so far in London - with the mother of all head colds. I don’t want to get on another plane for quite some time. But the damage is done for now.
Not helping this is being woken up by the smell of burning rubber at 6am this morning - I’ve no idea where it was coming from. Definitely outside on the street. My apartment wasn’t on fire, thankfully. But now I’m wide awake, sipping a coffee and planning to head to my office for a couple of hours of filming while it’s nice and quiet.
The YouTube engine stops for no man.
Let’s hope the rest of the weekend improves from here…
Back to my hotel and in bed before midnight.
In case I turn into a pumpkin! Also, reminding myself this break is supposed to be a retreat and a focus on my well-being, not a party (that was back in June, at Pride). So it’s time for sleep and tuning several shades browner overnight.
Awaiting my eye test… and they’re running late. As usual.
One more hour of work and then I can head home to collapse. Awake from 2am onwards overnight, due to my old friend insomnia. To say today was an effort would be an understatement.
Insomnia update.
I ended up awake from about 12:30am to some time after 4:00am and boy am I feeling it now.
Thankfully, no work today. Just a birthday brunch with my mum and later, my flight back to London.
Today will be brought to you by caffeine and resilience.