the floor from the door to my desk crackles underfoot with clumps of salt like a trail of breadcrumbs.

took the sedatives and went to sleep early at 11.30, and slept steadily and dreamlessly till about 5a.m. when i was woken up by a phonecall. it was someone i was happy to hear from, but the call was a bare ten minute and too short to afford me real comfort, and i was in the same situation of going to sleep at 5 again. considered taking another pill to help sleep, but decided against it. woke up again at 9.30 dreadfully tired. talked to minyin for a while. got up and heated up some vermicelli for breakfast. didn't much feel like eating, but got half a bowl down. and now they're drilling outside and i have a headache. i think i will go back to bed.