I had a dream during my shitty sleep that I was telling someone we were so broke that we would have to apply for SNAP. Well, in real life, we're not eligible for SNAP, but we sure had a shitty week, as I would learn when I got up and Tom filled me in, thus explaining why I had that dream.

First, he wasn't able to donate because of bruises. Secondly, he is supposed to be eligible for a free exam and free eyeglasses post-cataract surgery, which the insurance company says he isn't eligible for, and therefore he filed a complaint with Medicare, because, as he tried to explain to them, it had nothing to do with insurance but with Medicare.

Lastly, we're probably going to have to pay for the full face mask we returned because they keep saying they didn't get it. If they're going to charge us for it, then they should send the damn thing back, even if I don't ever intend to use it.

Last night, his sleep was disrupted by painful leg cramps, although broken sleep doesn't seem to affect him like it does me. I expected my sleep to be disrupted by storms, but instead it was allergies that took the honors. First, I had to get up and take Claritin. Then I had to get up again to put a breathing strip on. Then I had to get up again to elevate myself with another pillow, something I don't prefer to do because that makes stomach sleeping pretty hard. But I was too stopped up to be lying flat in any position. I even slept on my back the last couple of hours and without tape, yet I didn't snore—probably because I was elevated.

So now I'm back to being tired with my next shot at having energy not for about a week, because that's how much longer I'll be sleeping during prime storm time. At least I won't get bored. That's the one thing I noticed when I had energy: I was able to do more, and eventually I would run out of things to do and get bored. Also, there are no guarantees the energy will return. The energy may have had nothing to do with anything I've been doing, but simply be a temporary reprieve from the CF, which can happen.

Nearly a week ago, I finished the VZ challenge, if I didn't mention it before, and now I'm back on my own ride, getting closer to North Macedonia. I'm roughly 40 miles from the border. After this, I have two more trips I created: one from India to the Thailand/Laos border, and then one from Alaska to here. I decided that, just like I started alternating between challenge rides, I would alternate between these rides as well.