Days Between

Another night with little sleep, but everything else is good. I was wide away until 4:30 a.m. when my body finally gave up and crashed. I slept hard until 7 a.m. and that was it. I don't understand why I'm not tired during the day. Maybe because I am expending so little energy. I've been good about following the rules of bedrest.

Two days ago I realized that some of my friends' comments on Facebook were really affecting my mood. I decided to take a day off FB. It went so well that I decided to take two days. And now I know that I don't want to return tomorrow either. I'm not being too rigid. I'll go back when I feel like it but I can't let other people's ignorance and hatred seep into my heart.

I started Spanish classes! The class was good. My teacher said my accent is great. She wants me to learn sentence structure. If I had more money that would be good. But I only have ten classes to improve my Spanish. I know the things I need to work on. Labeling each part of a sentence is not very useful to me. I can form sentences. I need to work on particular things that I struggle with in everyday speech.

She had me read aloud for her. When I got to the second paragraph I was completely stumped. The words made no sense at all. After I looked at them for a minute, I realized they were in English! My teacher got a big laugh out of that.

Today I got an email from a friend who has been in a similar but worse situation. She tore ligaments and broke a bone in her leg. She had a lot of good advice and made me realize I'm not crazy for not being able to sleep with the pressure of the blankets pressing down on my toes.

Fireworks continue, but they are fewer. Fany left at 4 a.m. for her in-law's house. She called twice. I am glad that things are good between us right now. We have struggled with our relationship lately.

I caught the water guy as he was passing. He said he will knock on my gate next week and give me time to go out. He comes in the afternoon, not first thing in the morning. This will be a big relief - not having to worry about chasing out the door to catch the water guy.

It's been a peaceful day. I hope the cleaning lady is able to come tomorrow.