The sleep study people are MEAN
Mar. 14th, 2025 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousme I exaggerate a bit for effect, obviously. But nonetheless, the instructions feel very mean, because I am not supposed to spend more than seven hours in bed the night before my sleep study (which is tonight), and that is GROSS, especially for a Saturday morning, when I usually get to sleep in and compensate for the fact that I'm constantly tired and sleep deprived. That means at best six hours of sleep, which makes me so sad to think about. I am going to be dragging all day tomorrow.
They say it's to ensure I sleep during the study, and all I can say is, it better fucking work! If I get there and can't sleep after forcing myself to not sleep for as long as I want to, I shall be annoyed.
I'm still excited for the sleep study, though, not gonna lie. I really, REALLY want to know if that's the reason I'm an unmotivated zombie most of the time.
In other news, I had a reasonably productive day today. I got up at 2:15 to watch the eclipse, and it was SUPER COOL. One of my neighbours also came out to view it, and we shared an amicable greeting and then just watched the eclipse in silence. It was pretty chilly, so I didn't stay outside for the full half hour that the moon was fully covered, but it was still pretty awesome.
I did kind of pay for my nerdiness, though. I was cold and wide awake until nearly 4:30, so I overslept until nearly 8:00 after that. I did make yoghurt in the Instant Pot that seems to be turning out okay. I will know for sure tomorrow morning when I taste it. It will be plain and unsweetened, so I'm sure it'll be a little on the tangy side, but that's what sugar and flavouring is for. If it works I am pretty excited about being able to make our own yoghurt at home. It's not much cheaper than just buying yoghurt, to be fair, but it's kind of cool to be able to do it.
I also went to see my doctor and got my blood test requisition, and I picked up my new worm friends who are now nicely settled in their new worm home. They already have a selection of delectable chopped up remnants of Brussels sprouts to nom, so hopefully that will keep them happy for now. I also harvested a second crop of Lion's Mane mushrooms from my grow kit. The pink oysters didn't fare well this time, and I think it's because I didn't harvest them properly last time. I think I did a better job this time around, so hopefully I'll get a good third crop out of them both. Oh, and I picked up a can of tripe for the dogs at Pet Valu, in the hopes that I can use that to replace the probiotics in their food (which is, alas, an American product).
I didn't get my seedlings started, because I opted for a nap instead, and then made dinner for me and KK. The dogs lost their ever-loving minds over the tripe, so as long as it doesn't mess up their digestion I will see if it's financially worth switching over to that more long term. It costs about $6.50 for a large-ish can, but the probiotics they dogs get currently cost about $90 a month, so as long as I'm using less than 13 cans a month, it will end up being a savings for us.
Speaking of savings, KK has signed us up (with my permission) for new home and car insurance, which will save me about $30 a month and her considerably more. She wasn't planning to change, but she missed too many payments for her previous insurance provider and they cancelled her coverage. She hasn't been refused coverage for the new place, luckily, and since it will now come out automatically from the joint account it should be fine. I'm a little concerned about her finances, but I'm not her mother, and as long as she pays into the joint account on time I don't really have anything to say about it. If we get another month of her not being able to pay rent, however, we're going to have a Come to Jesus talk about paying rent before buying cool new crafting supplies.
Okay. It's nearly time for sleep. My current plan is to have lights out at midnight so that I can get up around 7:00, because getting up earlier just sounds rude at this point. See you on the flip side, friends!
They say it's to ensure I sleep during the study, and all I can say is, it better fucking work! If I get there and can't sleep after forcing myself to not sleep for as long as I want to, I shall be annoyed.
I'm still excited for the sleep study, though, not gonna lie. I really, REALLY want to know if that's the reason I'm an unmotivated zombie most of the time.
In other news, I had a reasonably productive day today. I got up at 2:15 to watch the eclipse, and it was SUPER COOL. One of my neighbours also came out to view it, and we shared an amicable greeting and then just watched the eclipse in silence. It was pretty chilly, so I didn't stay outside for the full half hour that the moon was fully covered, but it was still pretty awesome.
I did kind of pay for my nerdiness, though. I was cold and wide awake until nearly 4:30, so I overslept until nearly 8:00 after that. I did make yoghurt in the Instant Pot that seems to be turning out okay. I will know for sure tomorrow morning when I taste it. It will be plain and unsweetened, so I'm sure it'll be a little on the tangy side, but that's what sugar and flavouring is for. If it works I am pretty excited about being able to make our own yoghurt at home. It's not much cheaper than just buying yoghurt, to be fair, but it's kind of cool to be able to do it.
I also went to see my doctor and got my blood test requisition, and I picked up my new worm friends who are now nicely settled in their new worm home. They already have a selection of delectable chopped up remnants of Brussels sprouts to nom, so hopefully that will keep them happy for now. I also harvested a second crop of Lion's Mane mushrooms from my grow kit. The pink oysters didn't fare well this time, and I think it's because I didn't harvest them properly last time. I think I did a better job this time around, so hopefully I'll get a good third crop out of them both. Oh, and I picked up a can of tripe for the dogs at Pet Valu, in the hopes that I can use that to replace the probiotics in their food (which is, alas, an American product).
I didn't get my seedlings started, because I opted for a nap instead, and then made dinner for me and KK. The dogs lost their ever-loving minds over the tripe, so as long as it doesn't mess up their digestion I will see if it's financially worth switching over to that more long term. It costs about $6.50 for a large-ish can, but the probiotics they dogs get currently cost about $90 a month, so as long as I'm using less than 13 cans a month, it will end up being a savings for us.
Speaking of savings, KK has signed us up (with my permission) for new home and car insurance, which will save me about $30 a month and her considerably more. She wasn't planning to change, but she missed too many payments for her previous insurance provider and they cancelled her coverage. She hasn't been refused coverage for the new place, luckily, and since it will now come out automatically from the joint account it should be fine. I'm a little concerned about her finances, but I'm not her mother, and as long as she pays into the joint account on time I don't really have anything to say about it. If we get another month of her not being able to pay rent, however, we're going to have a Come to Jesus talk about paying rent before buying cool new crafting supplies.
Okay. It's nearly time for sleep. My current plan is to have lights out at midnight so that I can get up around 7:00, because getting up earlier just sounds rude at this point. See you on the flip side, friends!
