In this week’s Sleep Diaries, a 49-year-old teacher admits she snores loudly enough to wake herself up at night. Please note that this diary was penned two weeks prior to England’s ongoing lockdown.

A little about me:

Age: 49
Occupation: Teacher
Number of hours sleep I get each night: 5-6
Number of hours sleep I wish I got each night: 8
How much water I drink on average per day: 1 litre
How much exercise I do on average per week: 1 or 2 hours

Day 1

I wake up at 5.30 am (my alarm is set for 5.50), so get up, get showered, and get dressed rather than hit snooze. Then, I take my Thyroxine tablets and have a vitamin dissolved in water, as well as a coffee with cream, before leaving for work at 6.36 am.

I get to work at 7.25 am, and have a tea before school starts (followed by another cup of tea at 10am, and a third at 12.30 pm). Lunch is a salad, which I take at 12pm, and I spend the afternoon outside with the children.

Hometime for the kids is at 3.00 pm, and I manage to get home just after 6.00 pm, too, where I have another cup of tea and a glass of water. Dinner tonight is a Quorn escalope, new potatoes, and peas for dinner (as well as a Diet Coke). Then, I watch TV from 7.30 until 8.30 pm.

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