Day 2

I get up at 5:45am feeling much lighter and brighter despite a few wake-ups throughout the night. I think it’s because the culmination of my stress over the last few weeks is behind me – at least for a little while.

I have a glass of water and a cup of coffee before doing my usual 30 minutes of yoga at home. I get this done before the kids get up for school (my husband was at work by 7am this morning so it was my turn to get them ready). I have toast with peanut butter and a second cup of coffee with them at around 8am and refill my water bottle.

The morning passes and I have my third and final cup of coffee (all drip made at home) at around 2pm after lunch. I also walk the dog in the afternoon. By 4pm, I’m feeling exhausted – the weeks of stress and poor sleep have caught up with me.

That sleepy feeling disappears before I’m ready for bed, however, and by bedtime I feel fuelled by adrenaline once more. I don’t fall asleep until around 11pm and wake up again at 5am, after which I spend some time drifting in and out of sleep before getting out of bed at 6:30am.

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