Day Six

Overslept massively after a "choppy" night – that's what I call nights when I sleep fitfully and for what seem only minutes.
I was awake from about four until about six-thirty, then tried to sleep but only really slept after taking Concerta pill no. 6 at 9am. The phone woke me at 10.
I caught up with myself in terms of work and messages and getting finances sorted. And I sent out an e-circular telling a long list of people I'm stepping back from a voluntary thing I've been doing for the past four years, which was iniated by someone who moved away after about 18 months and left a few of us "holding the baby". More people moved away or were promoted so I ended up keeping the flame going, so to speak.
Things have moved on, technology has evolved; I've asked people to tap into other platforms to "green" this area.
Response has been gratifying and I'll be doing similar stuff in other ways, I'm quite sure of that.
Now I'm exhausted and tired and all I want to do is sleep, but I went out to a wonderful concert and got home late, then just flopped and watched the end of a documentary on the iPlayer and switched over to a harrowing film about a young black NYC woman lifting herself out of misery – with the help of a dedicated teacher.
When I'm less tired I'll probably find it inspiring. Right now, all I want to do is sleep. But I needed to write these notes here now.
Concerta effects? A slight headache late afternoon, after working outside in the garden for an hour or so where it got suddenly quite hot and muggy. It went away when I drank a large glass of water, so may just have been a touch of dehydration.
All the tasks I still need to do – accounting, tidying up the house, tidying up the garden – the weeds are just horrendous! – are daunting.  I'll get there, step by step by step, but sometimes the weeds are taking over, at least that's what it feels like.

Three blooms on one lily stalk. My pride and joy! (29Aug2012)

But some of my flowers are absolutely stunning and I managed to pick a small handful of wood-strawberries and a large handful of blueberries. Will have them for breakfast in the morning.