Tomorrow I'm teaching a class on Square Foot Gardening to a group of retired folks. I've been working on my presentation for a couple of days now and it's almost done.
After I got home from work I felt like I was trudging slowly over wet sand. So instead of finishing my presentation I put in some earplugs, donned by sleeping eye mask and crawled into bed.
I woke up 3 hours later at 9:30 PM. I thought about just going back to sleep until morning, but I decided to get up. It's amazing how much happier and calm I felt. Amazing. Maybe I need to read The Promise of Sleep again. Hopefully now I'll be better rested so I won't be ornery or yell at any of the senior citizens tomorrow.
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sleepy little reader
Saffron got tired during reading time and took a little nap. She loves the new recliner (compliments of Abram.) We were amazed how she managed to balance that book under her feet while asleep. She is a baby of many talents in so many ways.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Day Off
Friday I took the day off. It was glorious. I slept in, lounged around, and took a nap. It's so nice to just stay in bed with warm comfy blankets on a cool fall day. I got a couple calls from work, but I was able to remote-in an fix them pretty easily.
Today I slept in again! It was great. I felt like just lounging around all day, but I thought I'd be happier get a few things done. I was contemplating cleaning up the back porch or going to the temple. I thought the temple was a loftier goal, so I drove downtown and spent a couple hours there (Melinda had gone on Friday morning with her cousin Emily).
Then I got home and rounded-up all the kids and directed them in cleaning up the house. They washed dishes, did the laundry, mopped the floor, and Ian even mowed the lawn. I went out with Ian while he mowed the lawn and ended up getting the back porch all cleaned up like I originally wanted to. I guess if you get your priorities in the right place, you can make room for some of the other things as well.
Today I slept in again! It was great. I felt like just lounging around all day, but I thought I'd be happier get a few things done. I was contemplating cleaning up the back porch or going to the temple. I thought the temple was a loftier goal, so I drove downtown and spent a couple hours there (Melinda had gone on Friday morning with her cousin Emily).
Then I got home and rounded-up all the kids and directed them in cleaning up the house. They washed dishes, did the laundry, mopped the floor, and Ian even mowed the lawn. I went out with Ian while he mowed the lawn and ended up getting the back porch all cleaned up like I originally wanted to. I guess if you get your priorities in the right place, you can make room for some of the other things as well.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Boys at Bear Lake
This weekend the boys and I went to Bear Lake for a ward Father and Sons outing. Melinda stayed home with the girls. They went out to see a movie, Shrek 3, but Lisette was traumatized because they locked the keys in the car and Connie had to go and rescue them.
Melinda and I didn't get much sleep without each other. Melinda stayed up until 4 AM doing Sudoku puzzles until she finally conked out with the light on. I, on the other hand, was in a cabin full of teenage boys who played poker and laughed and joked until past 3 AM. In the morning I woke very early to the sounds of children bowling (yes the cabin has a bowling lane). Luckily, Ian and Miles were able to sleep through all the noise. I came to the sad realization that I was too old to stay up playing with the teenagers but not old enough to sleep through it all (unlike Laird who was peacefully snoring through it all).
But even considering lack of sleep, we had a great time. The weather was nice and the water felt just right. The deep azure color of the lake was beautiful. The combination of the soft sand, cool clear water, and warm sun felt lovely. Miles and Ian seemed to have a lot of fun. They ran around and played with the all other kids. They got a kick out of watching the bats swooping down on the mosquitoes. We waded into the water and watched the sunset fade over the lake. They loved throwing sticks into the fire even more than roasting marshmallows. They both got their turns in the bowling alley and with the dart board. We saw a myriad of stars and the Milky Way was shining in the dark sky. We even saw a shooting star.
We took two neighbor boys with us who live alone with their single mom. I think it was good for them; it seems like they probably don't get out much. They really seemed to enjoy going on the boat and riding on the tubes behind it. We liked the boat and the tubes, too. Even Ian did after his tube went under the water and threw him in the drink. He had his life-jacket on, but he still held on that tube for dear life. He was very brave.
It was kind of an exhausting weekend, but well worth it. I hope the boys will remember it fondly.
Melinda and I didn't get much sleep without each other. Melinda stayed up until 4 AM doing Sudoku puzzles until she finally conked out with the light on. I, on the other hand, was in a cabin full of teenage boys who played poker and laughed and joked until past 3 AM. In the morning I woke very early to the sounds of children bowling (yes the cabin has a bowling lane). Luckily, Ian and Miles were able to sleep through all the noise. I came to the sad realization that I was too old to stay up playing with the teenagers but not old enough to sleep through it all (unlike Laird who was peacefully snoring through it all).
But even considering lack of sleep, we had a great time. The weather was nice and the water felt just right. The deep azure color of the lake was beautiful. The combination of the soft sand, cool clear water, and warm sun felt lovely. Miles and Ian seemed to have a lot of fun. They ran around and played with the all other kids. They got a kick out of watching the bats swooping down on the mosquitoes. We waded into the water and watched the sunset fade over the lake. They loved throwing sticks into the fire even more than roasting marshmallows. They both got their turns in the bowling alley and with the dart board. We saw a myriad of stars and the Milky Way was shining in the dark sky. We even saw a shooting star.
We took two neighbor boys with us who live alone with their single mom. I think it was good for them; it seems like they probably don't get out much. They really seemed to enjoy going on the boat and riding on the tubes behind it. We liked the boat and the tubes, too. Even Ian did after his tube went under the water and threw him in the drink. He had his life-jacket on, but he still held on that tube for dear life. He was very brave.
It was kind of an exhausting weekend, but well worth it. I hope the boys will remember it fondly.
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