Musings on a Small Life

Holiday on Monday. Epic snowstorm on Tuesday: 50 cms (19.69 inches) in 13 hours, the slog home, shovelling, etc. BTW, the sidewalks in our neighbourhood still aren't cleared! Vacation day on Wednesday: Bought the new toilet at Home Depot, found flooring at End of the Roll (OMG, I'm still having conniptions at the $$$$), floor guy did the bathroom sub-floor repair and put down the new vinyl The plumber came after work on Thursday to install the new faucet/drain plus toilet (no leaks yet, knock on wood). Nicki also had his rescheduled vet appointment in the morning, and we had a stupid take-out (pay our own) work lunch to celebrate the impending arrival of the budget director's baby girl. Yeah, whatever. That was more co-worker togetherness than I want again for oh, a decade. At least with the combined group. Today, Saturday, the furnace guy came this afternoon for the annual check and cleaning. I had a morning run to WalMart and Farm Boy, but still need to go to Lowe...

I'm falling asleep around 8PM these days, can't even keep my eyes open to keep reading in bed, something I love to do. And trying to get out of bed between 3:30AM and 4AM is sheer torture. I really have been slogging this week and last. Presumably partly because I've been eating way too much sugar, even for me, and my body just feels "blah," and partly, I think , because it's pitch dark out now, with sunrise not until after 7:30AM, well after I'm settled at my cubicle desk at the office. Trust me, it's hard to find the motivation to leave the house at 6AM, when your instincts are to go back to bed! Even my rowing has been hard, in spite of Monday's intense, but laborious session. Last evening I was as slow and easy as when I first started doing it back in mid-September. I got into a really awesome rhythm, mind you, but I wasn't exactly burning many calories. Anyone else having difficulty getting up and going these days? Hav...