random thoughts – Day 2,057 (Monday) – sleepy talk

It took a while to unwind from the show Sunday night. I was tired but not sleepy, and my brain was alive with ideas for future costumes and music for choreography. That led to a late-night scroll through costume companies for ideas and reference photos and through my Shazam search history for music ideas. In addition to the brain sparks, the tingling limb was slow to calm down, despite my being a carpool passenger to and from the show and having an ice pack on the shoulder the entire ride home.

When morning arrived, there was little interest in waking up and leaving the bed. I slept until 8:30, which would have been an unheard of 9:30 awakening two days ago.

The show costumes, makeup, and hair accessories needed to be sorted and unpacked. Troupe costume veils and hip scarves were collected and zipped into a storage bag where they will live until rehearsals and the next show (early December). Stage makeup and hair accessories were returned to their designated storage boxes in the main bathroom linen closet.  

Chess lessons in Duolingo continued. The app has varying faces for Duo the mascot owl, especially if it's late in the day and a lesson hasn't been done. Today there was a crazy fractured face on the app icon that looks like the scrambled screen on the channels that weren't part of the subscription package back in the early days of cable. (Feel free to use your imagination.)

What's happening to you Duo?

Today, an appointment was successfully (finally) scheduled for the PT initial evaluation and it will be next Tuesday. Fingers are crossed that there are no more system hacks to screw it up. The whole saga, now spanning five weeks and still in the early stages of diagnosing for treatment, has felt like a part time job. Between managing the logistics and the ongoing pain and discomfort, it’s no surprise I am tired.

Afternoon clouds.

Around 3:00, the sky was cloudy and darkening. By 5:00, it was dark dark and I was mentally ready for bed. It doesn’t help that I’m pretty sure I’m genetically part bear and am supposed to eat a lot and bed down to hibernate for the winter. Wintering in sunshine and long daylight would be better, but sleeping for several months sounds pretty good.