My hopes were high for a return to school this morning. Unfortunately, it didn't happen and I am back on my couch with a pillow under the frame getting ready to try again tomorrow.
Long story short (though it really isn't that long of a story to begin with), my return to school was dependent on how much sleep I managed to get last night since the concern with my return is that I'll make it back one day, wear myself out completely, and then be on the couch recuperating for the next little while. I've been known to overdo things before. The goal is to not set myself back through over-enthusiastically making these steps towards a more normal existence, such as returning to academic work. One way to help prevent such a set-back is to be properly rested.
At 6:00 this morning, I was not properly rested, from what I could tell.
Part of the design for coming back involved going to bed at a somewhat early hour so I could try and get as much sleep as possible. Unfortunately, falling asleep is predicated on being in a position which is conducive towards falling asleep. The trick with such a position is, now that my leg is healed enough that I can move it around, well, the possibilities for sleeping positions increase exponentially and the whole process becomes much trickier.
The leg itself is not really of much help here. While I can move it around, I can't really move it around that much. The pin sites are still apt to bleed if stressed out too much and sudden movements result in the frame aching. The physical size of the frame also makes matters interesting, as does the fact that resting the frame on anything but a pillow results in discomfort.
Which is to say, I honestly tried to fall asleep early enough to make it to school. It just didn't happen. At some point (hopefully tomorrow), I'll make it. Just…well, apparently not now.
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