Day 10: the dark before the dawn

3/10 coffee failed to rouse me enough to focus on my studies so decided to sleep early / rise before work. Spectular failure. Went to bed at midnight, didn't sleep till 4, rose at 8 like a panicked puppet screaming out the door. Came off bike 4 times on black ice on the cyclepaths. Called work to say I would be late, so I had time enough to take this before I fell off again. Colours were better yesterday but today there was some rowing and a coach screaming with old-school megaphone. Another time I spotted a magpie joyriding a swan's nest after a bad storm. The nicest view of my otherwise industrial commute.

Skin sore, cracked. Not much picking as it can't get much worse. It makes me look younger in a funny way, until up close the scars thin and wrinkle. My healing time is also slowing down. A lot. I would need a good few weeks of 3/10's to see any difference. If I made that happen, i'd be amazed. Let's wait and see