Friday, January 16, 2026

Yesterday, in the late afternoon, I saw the honker back into his driveway, and I first thought he was making room for a visitor. Then I noticed the angle he was parked at and the fact that his larger lanai door was open. That’s when I suspected I wasn’t getting out of having to listen to this year’s project after all. We saw him cutting some drywall, and then at 8:30, I heard a little hammering and sawing. It didn’t last long, but 8:30? I know the noise ordinance doesn’t cut off until 10:00, but still. I really didn’t expect this after dark. Was it something urgent, or did he just feel like working at that time? It still sucks either way because I can just imagine how many days, or even weeks, this year's project is going to go on. He was quiet today, but perhaps that was because it was unusually cool. We almost froze last night.

Ordered some more scented wax cubes: blueberry, honey, bubblegum, and sweet tea. The bubblegum cubes arrive today, and while they smell good, they don’t exactly smell like bubblegum.

Still having bipolar energy levels. My fucking nose woke me up, and I was up for an hour before I could fall back asleep. Had an air leak as well. I really, really hope Tom’s right about the ENT being able to help with the allergies. It will be a true test of just how cursed my sleep is, because something else will conveniently come along to fuck with it if there is. I’m going to be absolutely miserable the week before testing, when I can’t take anything, not that antihistamines usually help much anyway. But I can’t take melatonin, clonazepam, or anything to help me sleep if I have trouble falling asleep or if there’s a break in my sleep. The only thing I can continue is my steroid spray.

I think it’s safe to say that the fatigue I was having before coming to Florida was likely due to sleep apnea, although it could have been my thyroid too, because my TSH was elevated when I was first tested here. Wish I had one of those home sleep apnea testers, because if the ENT does get my nose under control, I would love to see how I sleep without the CPAP. This would give me an idea of whether the fatigue I had before moving was from the sleep apnea or the thyroid.

Did my seventh session with Ash earlier, and I have about half a dozen older stories to edit, and then I’ll be caught up. 

I keep feeling like there's something else I wanted to write about, but I can’t think of it right now. I guess I’ll add it to my next entry if I remember it.

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