The new sleeping pill shows promise of good sleep sometime soon for me. I took two hours to fall asleep after I took it. I would sleep very deeply for two hours and then wake up. I wouldn’t be up very long and would be able to go back to sleep. That repeated three times during the night. When I got up this morning around 7:30 I didn’t feel drugged. Trusting that when it gets used to me and I get used to it we can make good sleep together that will last six or seven hours straight through.
I am a bit sleepy this afternoon. I had a big day yesterday so it may be from that and not a bounce reflex from the sleeping pill.
Nicole and I booked our flights to Peru this morning. We fly into Lima, Peru on November 29. We will spend the night close to the airport in Lima as we have an afternoon flight the next day to Cusco, Peru. We will have one night in Cusco before the retreat starts that Friday. The retreat is at a resort about two hours from Cusco. They pick us up at the Starbucks in Cusco. After the ten-day retreat we will stay over for two more days and visit Machu Picchu. After that we fly back to Lima on the 13th and then fly back to Kansas on the 14th. We have a 2:30am flight out of Lima on our return flight. We get in to KC around 2:00 that afternoon. Both ways we stop in Houston for several hours.
Feels real now that we have our deposit for the retreat paid as well as our flights booked. I need to figure out if I need any clothes to take. It is summer time in Peru but as we will be in the high altitude it will be chilly and probably rainy. Neither one of us check luggage so what I take will need to fit in my carry on bag and back pack. I usually do hand washing on trips like this. I do need to take my hiking boots. I may end up wearing them as they take up so much space in my bag. I may need to get an extra bag to bring home and check it as they have great things I like to buy. Maybe I can stash an empty bag in my carry on bag. Last time I went I had to buy a bag to bring all my treasures home in.
Felt the urge to go see John of God again this morning. I am looking for some place to go in January and February and going there sure feels right to me at this moment. I won’t do anything about that trip until I find out on the 27th of October what might need to happen for the thyroid cancer. After I know what if anything needs to be done I can figure out if it works for me to go to Brazil.
Last time I went to see John of God I rented a little apartment instead of staying in a hotel. It was very comfortable and I felt very safe. The only disadvantage is there wasn’t a good grocery store close by so purchasing grocery items to fix my own meals was a challenge. There are restaurants to eat at but that gets old after a while. If I go for two months I would want to do more cooking myself. There is a grocery store a taxi ride away and if I went there for two months I could do that. It was hardly worth buying things last time as I was only there ten days.
The village where John of God works at is very cheap to stay at. My biggest expense would be the flight tickets and the taxi trip to get to the village and back to the airport. It would be summer time during January and February so the weather will be nice there. Anyone want to come visit me while I am there if I go?
Another perfect fall day in Kansas. It is a touch windy but not bad. I may go out and finish mowing when I get this blog written. I still haven’t gotten the mowing done.
Tomorrow marks two weeks from surgery. My restrictions end tonight. The last one I have been careful about is lifting things over 10 – 20 pounds. It will be nice to let that concern go. My incision is fully closed now and the swelling is almost gone. Not bad for only two weeks out.
Yawning. Loving the bright blue skies and warmer temperatures. All is well on the beautiful prairie today.