I had a bit of a disturbed night – my wife didn’t sleep very well, so I was also awake a couple of time around 3am. She tends to have bad nights when she is stressed about work.
My wife is busy trying to finish the loose cover she is making before she stops work for Christmas, so she has given me a couple of tasks to perform. Today I need to go to Thorpe Market, Buxton and Aylsham to deliver Christmas presents and cards, and resize a large number of photographs so that they can be printed “contact sheet” style for some Christmas presents she is making for relatives. I also have a bit of clearing-up to do – I left the kitchen in a bit of a state last night after preparing dinner for my wife’s birthday, so there’s a bit of washing-up and drying to be done!
I’m feeling extremely tired at the moment. Nothing to do with the amount of sleep I’m getting, I’m sure. Even though I had a disturbed night last night, I have (generally) had plenty of sleep, so shouldn’t be fighting off sleep during the day. I have to get up and move around when it strikes, for fear of it overwhelming me. I have heard of Parkinson’s Disease medication causing this, but I don’t take any prescription meds. I guess it’s just Parkinson’s, then… My (other) symptoms are much the same – perhaps we have reached a point where my DBS is taking care of as much of my symptoms as it will do. Perhaps it could be adjusted to address some of my other issues, such as bradykinesia (slowness of movement) and muscular stiffness/weakness – I’m just wary of doing anything which will compromise tremor control. Another visit to the DBS programmer in the new year, I think.
I do my routine tasks, and then pop out for an hour or so to deliver the Christmas presents and cards. When get back, I sort out the kitchen, light the fire and sit down with my MacBook to resize the photos that my wife wanted me to do.