Arrrgh!!!

I've been a long time recovering from the cold that took me down after Thanksgiving. I've been short of energy, and interest in anything that required concentration or commitment. So, I was relieved to have a sense of second wind last night.

We were watching "National Treasure" on cable. I realized about half-way through the movie that I could iron and watch at the same time. The ironing basket has been overflowing since Thanksgiving, and one of the things I wanted to do was to get things ironed so that we'd have napkins and linens should we do any spur of the moment entertaining.

I was about two-thirds of the way through the basket when the movie ended. Frankly, it gave me such a boost that I sent Dear Husband off to bed and took care of the dinner dishes on my own.

I also did three loads of laundry, cleaned off the counters, finished a little office work, and planned the chores that needed to be done today. By then, it was 1:00 and seriously past my bedtime.

I can feel my "clock" getting out of sync with my life. I almost had the 5:00 rising down pat, when I stayed up until 2:00 in the morning. It only takes one of those days to wipe out all your good intentions. I'm on a medication that makes a good eight hours of sleep almost a necessity, and it's hard to do when you're up until 2:00 and you have to be out of the house by 8:00.

Still, I feel very virtuous about having gotten so much done. It spilled over to my day today, and kept right on through the evening. Tomorrow, we start wrapping gifts, so I'm glad that I got so much cleared off my plate.