Since I have been at this recovery since January, I would think that I had learned by now that if I go to bed sore, I will have a bad nights sleep. This recovery is not like when I was 12 and my young body magically recovered with a little rest, I need to take some Tylenol and apply ice to give myself some relief from discomfort, so that I sleep well. I did not listen to my own wisdom, and spent much of the night tossing and turning uncomfortably. the spot in my incision that my doctor was probing to look for a stitch coming out, was particularly sore. I finally got up and took my Tylenol and got my ice and got re-situated in bed. I then grabbed a couple more hours of sleep, listening to the rain. When I woke up, still sore and kind of tired, I had a fun new app on my iPhone to try out. It’s called Merlin Bird ID. It identifies birds by their song. It was fun to lay here in bed with my window open, the rain coming down, the birds singing and learning that I have Robbins and Redwing blackbirds and chickadees in my backyard.