Another day of ... disappointment

It is only 10:30am and already things are not looking so good. Paul phoned a few minutes ago to say that he was not going to be coming over today to work on the bathroom - maybe tomorrow but he is not certain. I am also waiting for Rick to arrive to begin work on the lawn and more. He said he would be here by 10am but so far ...

I am up and have just finished work on my column but am waiting for verification of one item before sending it in to my editor. So, I think that this is a good time to make myself a latte and check my 'to do' list for the day. There is a lot on it as I haven't been at my best the past week and much has been left for another day. Maybe today I can make some inroads. My heart has been misbehaving but seems okay so far today.

I understand that by this coming weekend we could be having 30 degree (Celsius) weather so if Rick makes it here today I will get his help putting in at least one of my window air conditioners. I don't have air conditioning for the entire house but the window ones work fairly well. The downside is that in order to remain cool, I must confine myself to one or two rooms.

Last week I went for a 'sleep over' at the Kelowna Sleep Clinic. I went in at 9pm on the Wednesday night and remained until 6pm the following day. I had a study done at the hospital and had been all wired up there but it was nothing like this clinic. I had nine electrodes affixed to my head, six to my face, some to the neck and upper chest, a couple to the shins. There was a fairly tight strap around my chest just above the breasts and another around my waist. These held more monitoring devices. I had a nice bedroom with a Murphy bed. There was equipment at the bedside into which the devices applied to my body were plugged. There was also an infra red camera positioned to catch my every movement while I slept (or didn't sleep). After all that, they expect you to lie down and go to sleep without any sleeping pill. Sheesh.

My heart was misfiring all week anyhow but it really took offence to all this and decided to become a real disruption. I was prepared however, and part-way into the night rang my night bell and had the technician go into my suitcase for some digoxin. Easier for him to find the pills than unplug me. I took this and about an hour later I believe I was asleep.

We were rousted before 7am on Thursday and two of the three guests remained. One man got to go home but another gal and I had to stay all day. We were allowed to eat breakfast which we brought with us and then had a scheduled nap at 9am. Up again twenty minutes later until 11am, then 1, 3, and 5pm. Have you ever tried to nap on demand? Well, I tell you, it is not an easy task. I do usually have a nap or two during the day but when I feel sleepy not just at an arbitrarily set time. Also, although we were allowed to move around the facility, we had to carry our wires with us being careful to have them gathered up so we wouldn't trip on them or step on one and pull it out (which my partner did). After the last nap we had our wires removed and were allowed to leave.

The goop in my hair was unbelievable But it did wash out remarkably well as did the remnants of tape on my body. Now I have to wait until May 21 for the results of the study. Hopefully there is something definite but somehow I doubt it. Of course I was going through a fairly good period for sleep. Isn't that always the way? You have a problem and the day you see the doctor, it has improved.

Well, it is nearly 11am so I will close for now and go take on my day. Talk to y'all later.