A day without sunshine…

…is like today.

Woke up to strong winds and heavy rain pounding into the window above my head. I wanted nothing more than to roll over and try to get some more sleep, but alas, I have things to do. Mostly, though, I have people coming. Grocery delivery scheduled between 9 and 11, then between 11 and 1 – oh joy of joys, the medical equipment guy is coming with my CPAP machine!!

I know it's going to be an adjustment to learn to sleep with a mask on my face, but trumping that x 1000 is the fact that I'm going to be able to get REAL sleep. Last week, when I went to the sleep doc, he informed me that my sleep study showed that I'd stopped breathing 70 times in an hour. Only for a second or so, but SEVENTY times!! Basically, that means I never actually get all four stages of sleep, so I'm never fully rested.

I can vouch for that this morning, as I feel like a truck ran me over. Exhausted, though I went to bed at 10 and fell asleep rather quickly.

CAN'T WAIT to have my machine!

It is rather frightening, too, to know that I've had this for who knows how long. My sister and BIL both have sleep apnea. I will bet anything my late father did, too. He'd often fall asleep at the movie theatre or just sitting in a chair, and wake up choking, gasping. Turns out, tendency toward this is genetic. Whee?

I'm just glad that these days, it's more readily recognized and treatable.

Speaking of machinery, my new at-home blood pressure monitor arrived. Easy-peasy digital machine. Happy to report that today's BP is 114/85. I'll be taking it first thing in the morning so as to keep a consistent log.

Since it's so gloomy today, I'm probably going to curl up with a good book or movie while I wait for people to arrive. I'd be recording, but I've sent some files off too ACX for a QA test, so I need to wait until they get back to me. (I think waiting might be the operative word for the day!)

What's your favorite rainy day book or movie?