Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:02 pm
I simply didn't sleep well last night. Then, this morning in bed when I realized why, I started to cry. I had forgotten my melatonin.
Now that I'm getting better, my bedtime routine isn't as regimented and I don't actively come across treatment for the concussion. I stopped the magnesium because of the effect on my bowels but may have to add it back if it is reminding me to take the melatonin.
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The reason I keep forgetting it is that it requires about 5 - 10 minutes of me doing nothing with my mouth as it dissolves under my tongue. But I'm so tired at night, I'm racing to bed as fast as possible. First I start the humidifier, take my final night-time pills (advil and/or vitamin C or B depending on how I feel) and then floss teeth, brush teeth, wash face and pee and night-guard in. By the last, I'm practically falling into bed because physically I'm so tired.
I often take the melatonin then but sometimes I wake up still with the grit or taste in my mouth and I was worried about mouth sores so I now I'm trying to remember before I start my routine.
I think Harriet's comment from last night about setting an alarm to start going to bed is the most useful idea. I don't have a lot of evening meetings and my phone is on silent when at the theatre so that might work. Then I can pause what I'm doing, take the melatonin and start the humidifier, and then finish up the task at hand and work towards getting into bed. That way the melatonin is before the 'mouth' stuff.
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As a result of my lack of sleep last night, I'm thick this morning. Of course all the Tidying Up stuff is in my head. I didn't really KonMari my kitchen last time (I petered out before getting to it) so that's high on my mind.
Doing one or two drawers at a time (Declutter 365 method, for example) doesn't really address the problem which is things aren't like-with-like and are not even logical in some cases. I tried to get things set up logically when unpacking after the move but there was also the rush to get things put away and I've been tweaking that instead of stepping back, emptying the cupboards and deciding what is working.
Plates and glassware (regular plus Christmas) are working so that doesn't need redoing. If anything, I need to buy more plate because I only bought 8 when we moved in order to force me to keep up with dishes. I've broken a plate since then and the extended family is bigger so I need more dinner plates.
I'd like new glasses since these are almost 20 years old but I still have more than enough so that isn't a need. And the kids don't like them so I can't pawn them off on the kids. They got etched in the dishwasher after the move (harder and hotter water) so I'd like new but I don't need new.
But that's all that is basically perfect behind the kitchen cupboard doors. The rest of it is a mess!
Well, if I sit here writing about it, nothing will happen. I'm going to s2s and then debate starting the challenge. Today's Declutter365 is kitchen linens so I could pull them all out (two locations), sort (not much will go since I'm pretty on top of them) and then move them back into a single location, like-with-like.
That's a manageable bite for today.