Another day of feeling better—good sleep truly makes a difference. Rhonda and Clonazepam are wonderful, too, lol. However, the clonazepam leaves me feeling slightly hungover during the first few hours of the day. I may scale back to half a pill, as she said I could, and see how that works. I don’t want to become overly dependent on it, as helpful as it’s been.

The humidifier has been a big help, and even my nose is doing better. I’m still sleeping with a nasal strip, though. It’s hard to believe I felt so doomed less than a week ago. I just hope this improvement isn’t temporary—that I’m not being teased and getting my hopes up for nothing. I want to believe I’m on my way to having energy more often than not, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself.

I didn’t sleep quite as long or as deeply last night, but I still managed over eight hours. I even fell right back to sleep after getting up to pee. There weren’t any definite breaks in my sleep, which is a huge relief because broken sleep really kills me. This time, since starting clonazepam, I’m not tiring out early. I’ve been up for 10 hours now, and I still have decent energy.

The only issue is that my nature sounds keep cutting out during my sleep. I’d hate for them to stop completely, especially before the renovation noise outside is finished.

I can’t help but wonder if the spell I did or the plants I got might have influenced things improving or if they would have improved anyway. It’s an interesting coincidence.

Also, I noticed that the fingernail that kept splitting isn’t splitting anymore. I don’t know what finally fixed that, but I’m glad it’s better. I still need to do my 15-minute vinegar soak for the fungus on my thumb, though.

As for the humidifier, it has a little drawer in the back with a tiny sponge for scented oils. I had it drenched in neroli before, but today I rinsed and dried the sponge, then soaked it in vetiver. I love that earthy scent. Neroli is nice—pretty and feminine—but vetiver feels grounding.

Ray had his carpet cleaned today, but I don’t think it would have woken me up.

It was sunny and cool today, though tomorrow we’ll probably need the AC again.