72 hours maybe 10 hours sleep.
I managed 11 to 2 AM so far tonight.
The Dormition Fast began (new calendar) yesterday but we fast on Julian calendar so our Dormition Fast begins August 14th ending August 28th
So my Husband and I went out for dinner, lamb gyro and fresh orange juice for me. That orange juice was so intense in flavor I was amazed. We split the lamb gyro platter and have leftovers for another meal.
I bought 2 bottles of green smoothie as well. I am going to pack nuts and water for church to have after Holy Communion.
I had some sleep keto water.
I have had some pretty intense sinus pain (last night) because I flew and forgot that I should not wear my pink headphones when my ears are plugged and made it worse. And I could not find my Advil Cold and Sinus last night. So I took a 12 hour decongestant instead plus ibuprofen. Helped pretty quickly. My Husband bought me more mentos Orange vitamin gum and I have been chewing that a lot. It helps.
I was feeling so much better last night that I didn't have a night time decongestant. I woke after 2. AM and had more.
See I have to avoid getting a sinus infection and this level of insomnia leaves me incredibly vulnerable to getting one. That's how I got sick in 2010 and 2023 and had that strange idiopathic rash that the second time almost killed me because I was put on way too high a dose of prednisone.
When I get in a Complex PTSD trigger situation with extreme insomnia I now know that it's all hands on deck. Do everything I can to get good nutrition, sleep and sinus health.
My twinkle lights burnt out and I replaced them last night in the middle of the night.
I was having sinus pain and huge light sensitivity last night, these lights hurt my eyes. I experienced them as blindingly bright, so much so that it hurt my eyes to look at them on the counter before taping them to the bottom of the cupboard.
Thanks to my Healing Autistic Burnout book I know that this is a sign of burnout.
I am so thankful for everything.
May God have mercy on us.
