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Just had another Sleep Study. This time it was to check whether my CPAP was helping at all. CPAP helps with my breathing at night. Apparently my airways close a little when I sleep. So my carbon-dioxide levels are higher than they should be. I have a mask I put on before I go to sleep; it has an air current all night long, so my airways don't close. It has helped me a ton. I am sleeping much, much, better.
Anyway, I don't know if I have explained what they do at a sleep study, but I'll say anyway.
They have a TON of wires connected to your body. They stick them on with a sticky paste. I had wires on my legs, throat, back, under my left armpit, chin, temples, behind my ears and about six on my head. Oh and two bands that went around my stomach and chest. I also had something taped to my middle finger of my right hand. It had a red light on it. I suppose it was to check my pulse.
Surprisingly I wasn't too bothered by the wires this time. (Last time it was horrible, but that was probably because I didn't have my CPAP....) What I was bothered by was how tight the nurse put my mask on. THEN apparently I kept fiddling with it as I slept, she came in and tightened it SOME MORE. It was very uncomfortable. When she took off my mask this morning I had angry red lines on my face where the mask had pressed. I was probably fiddling with it in the first place because it was too tight, lawl. How ironic.
After I had woken up, I had to fill out a survey on how I slept. It was pretty simple. They asked me how many times I woke up, if I dreamed and stuff like that. When I read the question asking me if I had dreamed and to explain the dream, I looked at my mom (She had to sleep in the room with me because I am a minor. It sucks XD) and said. "Oi, don't they know not to ask me that question?" and I smiled. I have a different journal where I often will write down my dreams. More often then not, they are very long and complicated. They only gave me a small space to answer, so I had to summerize. Lawl. I found that extremely funny.

I have to finish soon, I am exhausted. They woke me up this morning around 5:50., so I'm pretty tired.

I got home and I took a shower. The paste they use to stick the wires on my body is very...sticky. I got some of it off. I got the stuff off my arms and legs, but not my face, behind my ears or hair. Right now my hair is braided and tucked into a fleece hat to prevent the goo from getting on anything else. I'll have to take another shower later.

It was my brother's birthday yesterday. His eighteenth. I haven't gotten him a present yet. I told him it wasn't finished. I plan on drawing something later today and this week.
The day before yesterday was my friend's mom's birthday. Again I didn't get her a present, but I also plan on drawing something for her. Her daughter is organizing a group to come to her house to do yard and house work. Her father is bed ridden, so her mother has to take care of everything. She has a job, which makes it hard for her to take care of the lawn. She still manages to find time to clean the house though. I don't know how she does it. Anyway, so this Thursday, we're giving her a day off from yard and house work.

I'm tired. I'm going to go to bed.