christmas day done and gone, gone, gone.
today i am going to go out and find a bottle of cognac for my chinese herbalist to give him for our 18th anni- versary.
i had a very good night's sleep. i checked for updates for software, then went to email to see what FB status updates were directed my way. and once again i could see that someone else had read my first email from FB before me. isn't that special? what an expression of personal power and dominance, eh? i am very impressed, to say the least!
i think i know who it is, too. he has such a pathetic, stupid little life that breaking into other peoples' email is a big thrill. imagine that! he can see my FB updates before me! wow!
as i said, i had a very good deep sleep. up to pee twice. and i have to say that i managed that good sleep with just 500 ml of strong beer, too! that is a good sign.
2.5 years ago i was prescribed a sleeping pill, called zopiclone, because i had an attack of scabies parasites. sleep was impossible while i was trying to treat my two cats and myself for the invasion. when you are on welfare and have a lot of laundry to do, there is not enough $$ to go around. it was pure hell.
anyway, i got hooked on the sleeping pill. as i was getting a handle on the scabies, i had an attack from a different arthropod - bedbugs! i stayed on the zopiclone for a few more weeks than i should have.
i consulted with at least three different doctors, who all told me emphatically - do not try to taper off zopiclone! do not shave the pill down or try to go cold turkey. bad things will happen if you do! you need to go on to an anti-depressant for at least one year and then taper off the anti-depressant over a few months.
so, anyway, i discovered that soaking myself with 10.5% alcohol beer is a good way to compensate for the nasty effects of the sleeping pill. so i got drunk with the funky monk every night. at one point i was drinking close to 2 litres of 10.5% beer in order to sleep for 7-8 hours.
last night i started with just 275 ml beer, smiling with the monk, and then drank another 225 ml around 1:30 a.m. and slept straight through to 7:30 a.m.
one night recently i drank only 300 ml for the entire night, and i managed to get 6 hours of very deep sleep.
my chinese herbalist has been helping me as well, even though i do not really have enough $$ to buy the herbs that would help me the most. he has given me deep discounts on my essential herbs, wonderful man.
so, my email is as secure as a broken screen door, my eagerness for walking in the snowy woods is very much intact, i am almost finished with the necessity of strong beer to get to sleep, and i love to come to NN to look at all the naked bums! onward and upward we go! |