First night in 2020s

Starting this entry to the tune of a thunderstorm. Overall, I’d say my first night with the CPAP, even though I didn’t wear it the entire night, was good and bad. I think it was mostly good, though. It did make my nose a little sore, and unfortunately, I do notice it when it ramps up. I think there may have been a couple of pockets of air that escaped from my mouth, too.

It said I slept with the mask for 5 hours and 38 minutes and had about 5 events an hour, but my mask seal and humidity levels were good. It also said I took the mask off 5 times. That’s the thing, though… I was wearing it while I was unwinding with my audiobook before I fell asleep. I never even had to get up to pee while I was sleeping, nor did I wake up with a headache. Just tired. So I don’t think I actually slept with it for that long. I think the time I actually slept with it was closer to 3 hours. But hey, that’s more than I expected! I wasn’t sure I’d get past an hour. Another good thing is that I think I did sleep on my stomach, though not for long. My score was 81.

I’ve been swapping messages with Jessie the last few days, and she said she couldn’t use this mask because she would open her mouth.

The CPAP, which is made especially for women, is cute with a leafy design on it. At first, I was worried that it would blow my lungs right out my ass when it ramped, and while it didn’t do that, it was a bit noticeable as I was falling asleep. Hopefully, I can get used to the sensation of it. It says it ramped up to 7 from 4.

The machine tells me more than the app does, and unfortunately, there is still evidence of central. I hope it’s not the case and it’s just me having to get used to it that’s confusing it! From now on, I’m not going to put it on until I’m actually ready to sleep. That way, I get a more accurate picture of what’s going on.

It was a little cold as well, and while that may be okay for this climate, we may eventually get a heated hose—especially if we do move to a colder climate. Also, a mini backup travel CPAP of some kind, because if anything happened to this one, I’d be fucked until we got a new one. Hopefully, it will last 5 years.

I’m glad Tom remembered that the nasal pillow I had the last time was an XS because S is too big. Had to pay extra for the XS because my nose is so damn small.

I screwed a hook into the wall about six feet high to hang the thing when I’m not using it because the hose is pretty long.

I had a negative moving dream, although it made no sense. Without seeing it until we moved in, we rented a place that I didn’t realize was so small and dumpy. I was like, why would we think paying $600 for this when we had a newer, bigger place for less?! Of course, I don’t know where the hell you could get a good-sized newer place for $600 or less these days.

Wow, it’s raining pretty hard now.

The water was off yesterday because a pipe broke a few streets over, but it was only for about an hour. It was horrible timing because we were doing laundry. Why is it that these parks always turn off the entire park’s water instead of just that street???