Too much energy!

Today, I got up with the birds. Before 08:00 I had tidied the kitchen, fed the dogs, sorted out the rubbish, had breakfast and read the newspaper. I had also washed up some pots and pans and emptied the dishwasher. By 09:00, I was ready to do some gardening and by 09:30 I was beginning to wonder what to do with the rest of the day.

Before I was diagnosed, it would have taken me most of the day to do the things I'd done today before 09:00. I seem to have far too much energy now! This may not sound like a disadvantage, but, in fact, it means that I run out of things to do very quickly and since I have a low boredom threshold, it means that I get rather grumpy if I can't think of something new to do to fill the void left by the recently-finished task!

Luckily, today has been beautiful; bright sunshine, blue skies and temperatures of up to 24C; almost unheard of for this part of northern Europe in April. So, I went to the city to take a tourist bus. Since I'm expecting several visitors this year, and since the tourist buses are an innovation since I moved away from this area 25 years ago, it seemed to me that it would be a good idea to check what is available before recommending that guests go on the tour. I was very favourably surprised. The service was efficient, told me things I didn't know and took me to parts of the city I'd never visited (probably because they were very run-down and / or unsavoury when I lived here as a very young woman).

Now I'm home, I find I'm not remotely tired, so I'm considering what I can do next... I'm sure this new-found energy will be less alarming when I get used to it. For now, though, I'm really enjoying not feeling permanently exhausted.