My sleep is all screwed up because of a benzo taper (withdrawal from an addictive anxiety med under my doctor's care) and an elevated mood due to Spring, as happens every year. I slept from 5:30pm to 12:30am so seven hours total, just at an odd time of day. It's unfortunate because i have a big order of groceries and other shopping to do at 8:00am and i wanted to be fresh from sleep so i'd have the energy.

It's 1:30am now so i have 6.5 hours to kill now before shopping.



I have to shower, dress, take my dog out and have a meal but that's not gonna take all 6.5 hours. I need to rest to conserve my energy for shopping so there's very little i can do.

All i can think of is knitting but my left arm can't tolerate it for long. I want to keep my senses deprived so i can tolerate shopping better as it can be quite over-stimulating.

I also have a dentist appointment at 10:30am but it will likely be an easy time of it as i just have to get my night-guard fitted, so nothing traumatic. I'll have to watch my time while shopping but i'm allowing 2.5 hours to do groceries, Walmart and The Bulk Barn so i'm hoping that will be more than enough.

I hope to have time to rest tho there is no where to sit as all the benches have been removed due to COVID. I guess i can sit on the floor? There are mini-benches in the shoe department at Walmart that i can take a break on, but nothing in the mall itself and it's quite a long mall, a walking club uses it, that's how long it is.

I know i'll feel better when dawn comes at 5:45am but that's hours away.

Ugh!