Harriet wrote: We used to think NREM sleep was no different from a stupor, but now we know this is careful work - a sleep prescription of recovery for the brain and sculpting of memory. Fascinating.
When I 'nap' I often only sleep for 10 - 20 minutes but wake up feeling completely different. It probably has something to do with this. I'm guessing my head can't even do a preliminary sort and needs to shut down to be cleared out.
Got dh to the airport, went shopping for coat and boots. No luck, too early (last year I was too late in November, sheesh!)
First place I went was a sleepy mall (I knew it would be quiet and I could manage it.) Decided to hit WM just in case (still too early, even there) but had to have a 10 minute lie down in the car before heading in there because I was so dizzy. Wore my earplugs while shopping (I won't wear them while driving) and pushed a cart but still I was going as fast as I dared and anxious to get home.
Dh was in Toronto by the time I was in the checkout at WM (he was put on an earlier flight) and then we texted when I was home. I've got the hotel booked for him now in Zwolle. He's in Minnesota this trip, I would have gone if I wasn't boycotting the US since I love Minneapolis. So this is a trip I'm sad I have to miss. Miami was easy to skip, since I have no interest in being there aside from seeing the ocean.
Dh has two trips to Europe between now and the end of October and a standards collaborator coming to stay here on October 31 for a few days. He's coming from Helia's neck of the woods and his school has cut all his funding so he's coming here on airline points and we'll host him so the standards work can progress.