Okay, I was ready to gloat. I only got four hours of sleep last night, and I was feeling fine. In fact, I was 48 minutes early for work this morning and arrived with a delicious cup of peach iced tea in hand. All in all, I was pretty impressed with myself. Then I went…
Category: Staying in One Piece
Discoveries of the Week
Five hours of sleep per night just isn’t enough. No amount of Coke Zero can save you after a few weeks of that. Remembering the alarm code for work (that you only use about once every other month) on five hours of sleep isn’t possible. Having guests is fun. Having lots and lots of guests…
Dreamland
As life gets busy, my dreams get crazy. It’s an entertaining relationship, because even when I wake up tired, I never wake up bored. A few nights ago, dreamland included a serial killer in a sauna. Last night, I was madly trying to find something to wear to a wedding. Wait a minute, isn’t my…
Bait and Switch
Today I’m grateful for audiobooks. This one book has been dragging more than any other I’ve listened to in the past, even more than War and Peace. Despite that, it seriously came in handy this morning. You’ve had those thoughts that just wouldn’t leave you alone, right? Whatever it is keeps pestering you and pestering…
Failure, Rejection, and Other Warm Fuzzies
As you may recall, yesterday was the Day of the List. It turned into a list of 17 items, not 11, and I’ll ruin the surprise ending now. I finished 11 out of 17 items (should have stuck with the original list, right?), and this grand saga is all about item number one. The first…
December Decisions
It recently came to my attention that my family intends to spend Christmas in Colorado, which makes sense. Two of the five in question live there, and the other three know where to find good snow in December. Unfortunately, my Colorado plans for the year don’t include December. I was really sad about that at…
Oops.
Sometimes I forget things. I do the best I can. About a month ago, I forgot to wash a container for my lunch: Then today, I forgot to put silverware in my lunch bag: I was really downtrodden until the obvious solution presented itself. (What? You noticed that my lunch a month ago and today…
Small, but valuable. 