- So I did a thing last night, an amazing thing. Instead of falling asleep on the couch for a couple hours then waking for one, then trying to fall back to sleep, we got in bed at 10 and were asleep by 10:30. And you know what? I feel amazing today!
- We both felt so good that we made eggs and bacon and I got everything together and we left on time and oh, what a morning!
- Ok, I realize I may sound a wee bit chipper this morning and you might resent me. To balance all this glee, I’ll tell you that I have to get up in front of about 150 people today. I am sure some of you are quaking in fear now.
- It’s cold today and supposed to be colder; welcome, Winter! Tomorrow it is supposed to be 23 in the AM; brrrr. Thankfully I am teaching in this building this semester. A year ago, I was across campus in Spring and it was a very brisk walk for this Florida girl each day.
- Let me ask your opinion on something: I have a group of friends I have known a long time. Over the years, we have drifted here and there, had more kids, added activities, etc, but we always manage to get together. Well, I got an invite on FB for – let’s call her T – T’s birthday/Girls’ Night Out a couple days before New Years. Cool cool; join. NYE came and went and I saw photos on Facebook of all of them together. And I have to wonder why Ash and I did not get invited. (This is a somewhat moot point because we actually already had plans with a different set of friends.) I get the GNO invites but I have this feeling that they all surmise that because we still have a baby/young child, we cannot go out together. But I can’t help but be hurt by it; they could at least ASK. Especially given that we actually did find a babysitter so we could have gone. Do you have experience in this kind of thing?
- I guess I should just be thankful they still invite me to Girls’ night, right? Sigh. /endrant.
- I am really finding a lot of joy in this creative journaling I have gotten back into. It is reminding me of how much art I used to do when I was younger. I was good at drawing and I enjoyed it but at some point, I just couldn’t seem to get anything on the paper. I’ve taken to looking up drawings of items so I can copy them. I wonder if I copy long enough, I will regain that ability to recreate an image.
- I am also – finally – back to reading (I hope.) It had been a while and I actually left in the middle of a book! I took a bath last night and started up again. I thought I might lose the will but no, it was there: that desire to read and jump feet first into a story.
- The big TA meeting is in an hour so I have to go and prep. I wish you all a wonderful Tuesday!
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Tim has a habit of falling asleep in his armchair but the last few months he has made more of an effort to go to bed when he is tired
Isn’t it amazing how much more rested you feel if you do all the sleeping in one fell swoop rather than split up? 🙂 How’d your meeting go??
I now exactly what you mean – they could at least ASK. I have that same issue with some friends right now – and even my brother – ! It’s like they assume we can’t join in on some fun stuff, but it sure would be nice if they asked!
Yay for getting back into creative journaling – I really need to follow your lead, I used to be one helluva artist. Maybe we can invoke the ‘practice makes perfect’ mantra… 🙂
And yay for getting back into reading – I’m gonna have to follow your lead on that one, too. I used to be such a bookworm! 🙂 Thanks for being so diligent in the randomness even though I’ve sucked pond water as a host. I’m vowing to be much better at hostessing this new year. 🙂 Happy New Year! 🙂
Hey, it’s hard to host one of those link-ups. I think people wax and wane on blogging so much that it’s hard to keep ’em coming back. Anyway, I am glad you still do Random Tuesday!
I usually have no problems falling asleep. I get up through the week at 5am, so when 10pm rolls around I’m more than ready for some shut eye and tonight I can’t wait for it to get here because I woke up at 2am. I didn’t get up, but was awake for almost 2-hours and then the alarm went off pulling me out of a deep, crazy dream state. I love those good nights sleep! Winter is here!!! Tomorrow morning we’ll be in the single digits and our high is forecast for 26°. I. AM. NOT. LOOKING. FORWARD. TO. THAT!!!