I used to love to sleep. Since my surgery, sleep is more problematic. It's harder to stay asleep – I am often repeatedly awakened by feelings of obstruction in my throat, which may be authentic tongue control issues I suppose, or might be more like "ghosts" that result from the lack of functioning nerve endings in parts of my mouth and neck. And I have long suffered a kind of "morning insomnia" that doesn't affect my ability to fall asleep but impacts my ability to stay asleep.
Anyway, I was quite surprised to wake up at 11 am today. This is about 4 hours later than my usual wake-up time (which is always without alarm). Since I work afternoons, it doesn't create any problems if I sleep in, but I still felt quite surprised by it. Even rather disoriented – and it discombobulated my morning routines.
I suppose it's the "burnout" feeling from work catching up to me, but it might also be an impending flu or cold – sleeping more seems to sometimes be the first sign of such a thing.
[daily log: walking, 6.5km]