Wooahhhhh we’re (more than) half way there. Let’s dive in shall we?
Day 15 – Oh my goodness the sleep was poor last night. I don’t know if it was just because it was a typically Sunday worrying session, the heating coming on when it’s actually still 20 degree outside (really, October?!), or if I just had too many things whirring around in my head. Either way, my Monday was productive and I had a good session at University in the evening.
Day 16 – A fairly bad day all round. You know when you just have one of those? Work was busy and frustrating, family life was not great, my head hurt a lot. I did feel very drawn to a glass of wine, but instead I went to a spin class. It helped and made me forget about things for a little while, but I couldn’t concentrate on anything in the evening. I wrote that 24 hours off. Lets start again tomorrow, I thought.
Day 17 – Woke up with another severe headache, even though I slept for over 8 hours. Made sure I drank a lot of water and distracted myself with work. My sister came over and I cooked us dinner. We chatted, we laughed, we made plans for the weekend. I felt some of the tension cease, however I was dreading the next day.
Day 18 – Woke up with another headache. This is starting to worry me; I can feel myself holding my shoulders and jaw too tightly and I know that I need to find a good way of getting rid of this ache. Nevertheless, the day went well and it was productive. I went to the gym and lifted really heavy weights, something which always makes me feel powerful. I did some writing too which I am enjoying more and more as I continue doing it.
Day 19 – NO HEADACHE! What a bloody relief! Maybe it’s because it’s Friday, maybe it’s because the sun is shining, maybe it’s just because I decided to be positive today. I had a very productive day at work and went out for dinner with an old colleague.
Day 20 – woke up early, walked across Hammersmith bridge in the bright, autumnal sunshine at 8am and simply loved how quiet London was at that time. Saturday was fantastic; it was spent with family and friends and just enjoying being in the moment.
Day 21 – Honestly, if someone had told me that this Sunday was June rather than October I would have believed them. The sun shone all day, I did loads of exercise, I saw friends for coffee and ate the most delicious dinner at my favourite pub on the river. The end of the week certainly beat the former half by a country mile.
Weekly summary; I know that the headaches, tension and feeling low had nothing to do with the lack of booze or the lack of social media this week. I had a lot of ups and downs over the course of the week. I spent a lot of time worrying about someone very close to me and waiting for an answer. This is still yet to come, unfortunately.
This month I’ve been trying to raise money for a charity which funds cancer research. This weeks ups and downs have brought the reason why charity is so important a hell of a lot closer to home, and now this fundraising means way more than it did at the start of October.
If you do feel the urge to help, please follow the link below. I will be forever grateful, and forever raising money for causes like this.
https://www.gosober.org.uk/users/chloe-simpkins-2
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