And if you listen real close you can hear 'em like a ghost and you're never gonna make it out alive

[beanside]

Sleep continues to be shitty. Before I laid down, I was so tired, but the moment my head hit the pillow, I was wide awake. Eventually, I got to sleep, but then my beloved cat decided that four am was an amazing time to stand on my shoulder and then again at four thirty. Five am was for nipping me when I didn't pet her long enough, and five thirty was standing right on the sore spot of my shoulder. I got up around 6, and fed her, and now she's out there loudly slurping her food. And I'm sitting here awake of a day I should be able to sleep in.

Yesterday was a somewhat busy day. We got up relatively early to go for our acupuncture appointments. The appointment went pretty well. I fall somewhere between the mysticism of Eastern health practices and the Western results driven style. I mean, there are studies showing the efficacy of acupuncture. But at the same time, being from a medical background, I have difficulty with treatments that have names like the Seven Dragons. I feel the same way about herbalism, honestly. In my head, I know that herbs are the basis for a lot of drugs, but I feel differently about taking Marsh Mallow tincture instead of cough medicine. I'm aware a lot of this is my own good old fashioned racism, feeling like another culture can't have things as effective as the Western world, but I'm working on it.

The accupuncture treatment was fine. Very relaxing. I nearly took a nap during the actual stabby part. I don't know that I feel any different today, but it's seven am and I'm not fully awake yet.

After my treatment, Jess went for theirs, and I went to grab some food. I tried Bubbakoo's Burritos wich was very good. After that, we came home and played the New Orleans themed Monster of the Week. It went well, and they completed the mission. As per all my games, it got a bit messy, but they pulled it out.

After game and dinner, we listened to The Adventure Zone vs Dracula. There was some slapstick body horror that made me laugh out loud. (And this was after they apparently cut quite a bit of it for being too much.

Today, we have a game at 9, and then a game at 5:30pm. Then, tomorrow, it's back to work, to prepare for a week of meetings. On Tuesday I have my 90day check in and a meeting with my Quality Partner. I'm not being scored this month, but they still want to meet with me, introduce themselves, etc.

Then on Thursday, I have my first 1 on 1 for the month of April. My stats were pretty good, so I'm not too worried.

For now, though. I may go see if I lay back down if I can eke out a little more sleep. Everyone have an excellent Sunday!

Comments

[nilchance]

yeah, it sounds like you need to unpack some stuff related to acupuncture versus Western pain management, esp since you've worked in medicine. it's two different modalities, but one isn't less reliable because it's got a different way of describing problems and their solution.

[dine]

sorry about the sleep thing! I had another abbreviated night, and am definitely empathizing with you.

hopefully you will notice some benefits from the accupuncture, but at least it was restful and didn't bother you at the time