As the saying goes, laughter is the best medicine.
I do agree, and add that sleep is a close second.
I've been really tired lately - medication interrupts my sleep - and the exhaustion kinda caught up with me.
I'm sure many readers can relate. Children, work, stress, worry, can really hinder our all-important sleep.
This week I was lucky enough to able to take afternoon naps as a way to revive myself. And today I finally feel more normal.
As a full-time caregiver for husband Ralph I know I won't be able to properly take care of him if I'm not feeling up to par.
And then, of course, there is our needy cat. It seems Linus always needs something from me.
So I let myself take the time to rest instead of crossing things off my daily to-do list. And I didn't even feel guilty about it!
My cousin, Susan, told me recently she enjoyed reading my NAP (natural aging process) recuperation journey post, and when she saw this sleep shirt while shopping at the GAP she had to get it for me.
She thought it was perfect, and it is!
😁
Thanks for thinking of me, Sue.
The napping elf got me today.
I wrote about naps in this post last week.
The word nap is short for Natural Aging Process, in my humble opinion.
Naps are often necessary when a kidney transplant recipient like myself doesn't sleep well at night - thanks to the twice-daily cocktail of meds I must take.
The medication must be the cause of my interrupted sleep. The melatonin suggestion didn't seem to help at all.
But taking all the meds is a small price to pay to stay healthy and take care of my new kidney.
For the past two days I was proud of myself because I "powered" through the afternoon without taking a rejuvenating nap.
But today I really needed one. So I caved in!
The afternoon snooze gave me enough energy to face the rest of what I had to do today, such as make dinner and do a load of laundry.
Sleepless in the Valley: That could be a good title for this post.
Guess I can use that one next time, if this annoying problem persists.
When I was wide awake during the night I dreamed up an acronym - NAP. 💤 💤 💤
It suddenly occurred to me what NAP stands for: Natural Aging Process.
Remember when you were little and you'd fight that afternoon nap the grownups would insist that you take?
These days an afternoon nap can be downright glorious. I'll never fight that idea, especially now, post-transplant, when I'm trying my best to take care of my health.
Naps soften the blow of the natural aging process we all experience, I'd say.
Who's with me?
