The vitamins seem to be helping with the fatigue, dizziness and even my sleep, though I did “cheat” and take lorazepam before bed. Tonight I’ll see how I do with nothing. I even feel calmer. Yesterday my anxiety was borderline, threatening to bubble up under the surface. 

I finally got my period too, a week late. From what I read about perimenopause, the average woman goes through it for 4 years. Most of my symptoms seemed to set in around 2014, so I guess I’ve got about 2 more years of torture. 

Did a load of laundry and took some pics of the new washer for people on Facebook to see. The link is public. I was wrong in thinking it cost $750. It was $825 because we got the larger capacity. It also has a 10-year warranty. 

The timer isn’t always accurate, though. Sometimes it’ll get stuck on the same time for several minutes, then suddenly drop a few minutes. 

The test strips held up wonderfully to being mopped. No warping, color bleeding/fading or anything like that. If they still look this good in a few months after we’ve had a chance to recover financially, we’ll go ahead and redo the floors. 

Cleaned my toe rings in the ultrasonic jewelry cleaner. 

Jazz music really is calming, as they say. Maybe that’s because it’s so boring. I play it to relax and drown out outside sounds, but prefer something more upbeat when I’m cleaning. I’ve got a smooth jazz station going now. 

Dreamed that I was on the phone talking to someone when I noticed a two to three-inch “knob” sticking up and nearly protruding through the skin where I once broke my arm. Panicked, I wasn’t sure if I should call the paramedics or Tom, who was at work. 

Hope this isn’t a bad sign for me, but I don’t get any bad vibes from it, so I don’t think so.