...is the sleepless night that follows.
The upside to that, though, is that I had Himself out the door by 7 am and breakfast already well underway by the time he left. Said breakfast consisted of one sliced tomato, a handful of spinach, half a punnet of mushrooms, onion, bacon, one whole egg and a dollop of egg white and some low fat grated cheese. Two or three portions of veggies in one gorgeous omelette, devoured by 7.25. Lots of protein, too. That should keep me going for a fair while longer!
The sun was shining at dawn. It's still shining now. This means that later on today I can finally get the grass cut in our back garden and our lovely neighbour's garden, too. Then a quick nip round to the front to get the grass mown out there, too. I need to pay some attention to our box hedge out there as well, it seems to have an infestation of some kind of moth larvae and is looking very sorry for itself.
I'm planning a Greek salad for lunch, but realised that I forgot to buy cucumbers when I was shopping on Saturday. I've no spring onions, either. Fortunately, there's a very new greengrocers opened within a five minute walk from the house, so I shall walk over there later. That takes me past the outdoor swimming pool and I can check and see when it will open for the season at the same time. I don't think it can have opened yet as usually they trumpet it on the front page of the local magazine which is published weekly and pushed through the letterbox on a Friday.
I want to start walking again, too, if I can fit that in, as my legs are wobbly as anything and really need toning up. It's also good for my stress levels and my blood pressure, and besides, I love being out in the fresh air. Yes, gardening will do that, too, but I want to do some exercise of a more formal nature besides. Ten minutes to and from the shops isn't really cutting it on that front. I suppose the gardening on top will make up for it to a degree, but still....
Even had I managed to sleep last night, I was still needing to visit the bathroom every forty-five minutes or so till around 4 am. That's lessened now, happily, though I've downed half a litre of water already and am contemplating a coffee as I type. I am not completely caffeine free, but I do avoid it for the most part on a PW day. It should buck me up a little, too, I am starting to feel a touch sleepy.
I started a new crochet project yesterday afternoon - I've a pregnant friend who had her gender scan on Saturday and is having her second baby boy later in the year. Very exciting for her! I'm doubly pleased because before their first boy arrived they'd had two unsuccessful IVF attempts, then discovered they'd managed it on their own. And that turned out to be no fluke as they've done it again! Another friend of many years has also found herself expecting despite medical opinion that it was never going to happen, so it's been a grand few months on the baby front.
I shall be blogging about the crochet project on my other blog, later.
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