Am I becoming a morning person?

[mdlbear]

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen and mdlbear.)

A short walk yesterday: once around the pond, with a hill, rather slowly. Given my current condition, it was probably enough of a cardio workout to count. As is frequently the case these days, my calf muscles felt tight but not cramped. Grump.

Woke up about 5am both yesterday and today, in both cases after going to bed around 11:30. It would be delightful if the combination of the CPAP and nose-watering means that I need less sleep. I remember that Mom only needed about 5 hours' sleep in her 60's, so it's possible.

Discovered yesterday that I need to allow my sinuses to drain a bit in the morning before squirting stuff up my nose, so this morning I made coffee first. Seemed to help. Did it fairly early in the evening yesterday, since I wanted to do it before taking my meds, which include flonase (a steroid nasal spray).

There was a lot less gunk washed out this morning, and the painful lumps of congealed blood and mucus are mostly gone.

My nose seems less congested now, in spite of the fact that the I haven't taken my usual decongestants (loperamide and phenylephrine) in several days. Win.

Pedometer: 8198.