12.3.26

I was so tired this morning, I hate being woken up. Soft background sounds don’t bother me, my cpap machine drowns out most things but not mobile phones.

I had a banging headache that didn’t clear with paracetamol, I brought in the big guns, Theraflu. Still didn’t touch it. I decided to stay in bed and go back to sleep. That idea was an epic fail.

The only solution was a zbed or mattress in the lounge. Liz said she’d sleep in there, but realistically she has a lot more stuff than me and it’s a communal area. I can put all my things in there and no need to disturb each other.

I was concerned that we haven’t booked flights from Istanbul to Dalaman after our epic journey to get back to Türkiye. We looked, only 2 flights from Sabiha Gökçen, one before we land there and one 14 hours after we land. Omg.

No choice but to get the bus from Sabiha to Istanbul Airport and take a Turkish Airlines flight. It’ll take a month of Sundays to get over this journey, but the main thing is we’ll be home.

The others went off to the beach.

Sharon texted she’s organised a mattress via the apartment owner. I got dressed and shortly after a cube arrived.

I moved the furniture around and have created a camping space. I’m glad there’s no actual canvas. Way too hot for that.

There’s a socket for my machine and it’s all better now I’ve moved the twigs.

This socket would be even better but I’m a bit, actually a lot, scared to try it.

Feeling better, I went for a stroll to change some money and get a new nasal spray. Exciting.

These beasties cheered me up, I love them.

The others returned and we decided to eat at Cedrous across the road again. The young lad goes out of his way to facilitate everything we could want and explain all the dishes. I told him he’s the best waiter in Goa. He insisted he was just doing his job, we’re paying so we must enjoy it. He’s so lovely. He deserves his own business in the future, I hope he gets the success he deserves.

Chinese meals here haven’t been great, but I decided to risk the Kung Pao chicken with pineapple rice. It was perfect.

Another episode of Him & Her when we got back. I’m so confused. Usually I’d be asking John to explain and he would patiently go through all the characters and how they all fit together. Yet another reason why I miss him.

Time for bed. Who needs yoga classes when you have your own mat to sleep on?