Day 2

My alarm goes off at 10am, but I don’t drag myself out of bed until around 10.30am. I’m feeling physically exhausted, so I make myself a strong coffee to drink in bed with my husband.

I’m not drinking and have given up smoking cannabis (which I had been using as a sleep aid) this month, so I think my body/brain is still trying to readjust to a ‘natural’ sleep pattern. It’s not yet happened, sadly. I’m also a bit anxious about my job; I’m not enjoying it at all at the moment, and want to leave.

I make sure to eat a healthy vegetarian Indian takeaway tonight, and drink lots of water. Afterwards, I settle in front of the TV to watch NFL. I still feel very energetic, and don’t start to get tired until gone midnight – about an hour later than my ideal bedtime.

I don’t want to force myself to sleep and fail, so I take a book to bed with me to read. In the end, though, I can’t concentrate and end up curling up quietly instead.

Tomorrow will be my first day back to work after a week off sick, and I’m slightly dreading it. Eventually, I fall asleep – and even though I wake up about three or four times in the night (I blame the vivid dreams), I manage to get back to sleep easily each time.

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