I woke up this morning and I have decided that my sleep last night was a solid ‘C.’ I awoke to silence but I did not feel rested this morning. It’s really about noon when I open my eyes now. But my sleep was a ‘C’ last night because in the early hours of the morning because it wasn’t totally dark but was starting to get a little bit lighter outside, my body didn’t feel good.
I wasn’t going to wake my Mom up again so I decided to do it on my own. I may have had MS for 21+ years but I’m still pretty determined! I was able to lower the legs of my chair and I thought about the rules of going, “Back to Baseline” so I made sure to make sure each movement I made from my chair was complete. I went all the way down so I was sitting normally and then I got tired and needed to rest for a while and then hi I was able to raise the back and my legs how I needed it to feel comfortable. I had to do that a few times last night.
It what silent in the house when my eyes opened but I did not move. I called to my Mom and she was sitting on the couch in the living room and I told her before I was awake for the day, “My sleep was a solid C. I said that and then I was able to drift off for little while longer. Because last night was not terrible and it was not good, that’s why I gave it a letter grade of a ‘C.’ I thought of my time as an undergrad when I said that my sleep was a solid, ‘C’ and I thought specifically of an economics class that I had one summer session. I am an English teacher and I became a Reading Specialist. Nowhere in there is there any economics whatsoever!
I remember that I had to take that math class because I needed mathematics credits. this particular economics class satisfied the mathematics credits that I needed. As someone who is English minded, this particular economics class was definitely NOT a cakewalk! But I took the class knowing that I just needed a C or better for it to count toward my degree. A couple weeks into the class it was obvious that I was NOT going to get an ‘A’ but I could get just enough done. I remember the day the professor came up to me after class one day. He asked me what my major was and when I told him secondary education majoring in English. I quickly followed with, “I just need a ‘C’ or better for it to count.” I saw his face change and kind of soften and he said, “Oh, then you’re fine!”
I’ve thought about that professor today when I think about my sleep because it’s a \solid ’C’. I don’t feel rested completely but I am not in excruciating pain either and besides, I haven’t felt that way in at least a decade anyway…