Friday - Saturday 23-24/3/2018

An interesting one that could have gone either way. At 03:00 I was woken by a loud coughing fit coming from Missus, while she went for a pee I liberally applied peppermint and eucalyptus oils to her pillow. That did the trick, but then she started snoring like a roaring hippo. I spent at least an hour contemplating going downstairs but never did - I eventually nodded off again and slept through to 07:30, pushing me over the critical minimum.
In all this my consciousness was never in control - all the decisions were made instinctively.

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