Well, unfortunately the highlight of this week was sleeping
like crap. I think part of it was temperature related. I’d wake up hot, throw
off the covers, wake up cold, pull the covers on… over and over. And when I
wake up in the wee hours if I have anything on my mind, I often stew on it and
that keeps me from falling back asleep. That happened a lot this past week.
It was a busy week at work and the first few days flew by.
Tuesday was exhausting. It was cleaning lady day, which always makes for a
rushed morning, then I slammed all morning to get quarterly allocations done
before my class that afternoon. Add the really
hard workout at water aerobics and I was so tired when I got home that I
didn’t even knit. I went to bed just after 9:00 and expected to sleep like a
rock. Not so much. I struggled to fall asleep, woke up at 4:00 and couldn’t
fall back asleep. I was a zombie at work and it was clear I wasn’t going to
make it all day. After struggling through the morning and not accomplishing much,
I took the afternoon off. I met Darla, who was working on East Campus on Wednesday,
for lunch at the diner and was home and in bed by 1:30. I’m not a good napper
no matter how tired I am and didn’t succeed in falling asleep. But it felt
better just being home and not having to think. I spent the afternoon going
through papers on my desk, waiting for bedtime.
Finally I slept well Wednesday night and woke up feeling like a
new woman. I had training again on Thursday, swam and then headed home to pick
the last garden produce and bring in all my plants. It was going to be close to
32 degrees overnight but mid 20’s on Friday night and since I wouldn’t be home,
they all had to come in Thursday night. But they’d be going right back out on
Saturday (no more frost in the 10 day forecast) so I put them just inside the
door.
Friday was a first – I wasn’t going to be handing out candy
for Halloween. Amanda from water aerobics was having her house warming in
Ashland and I was going to that right from work. The thing that made the final
decision was that my crab apple, which I’ve already pruned for mowing access,
is so heavy with fruit that it’s blocking my front door. Since I didn’t want to
prune it even more, I decided on the party instead. It was fun – yummy food,
Guinness and lots of chatting with friends – so I didn’t get home until 11:00. I
was looking forward to two days mostly at home.
I had a Friends meeting at 10:00 on Saturday and the thrift
shop was open so I’d made plans with Lori and Andrea for our old Saturday
routine. Lori was having a sisters’ weekend so I met up with her and her two
sisters after Friends for shopping in downtown Wahoo, a stop at the thrift shop
then lunch at Chips at 1:00 when Andrea closed her shop. We had a lot of fun
and were still at Chips when the game started. Nebraska scored an early
touchdown and so Chips handed out free jello shots. It was my first and was
quite tasty. When we split up, I went home to put the plants back outside and
pick up the house because Lori was going to stop to pick up the scraps I’d
saved for her chickens. She forgot to come but it was nice to have everything
but the laundry done by Saturday night. And I’d get an extra hour of sleep. If
I could sleep that is.
I woke up in the wee hours and actually turned on the light
to read so I could fall back asleep. I then slept until after 7:00, which was
really after 8:00. Shocking but nice. I had the laundry mostly done by noon, ate lunch and
then headed down to the laundry room. My goal was to get the laundry room
organized and the Christmas stuff culled so I could donate the extras to the
library’s holiday decoration sale that starts the week before Thanksgiving. I
spent a chunk of the afternoon down there and was really pleased with my
progress. I went through everything that was in the middle of the floor,
stacking the Christmas stuff to one side to go through next weekend and another
pile to go through after that. There’s a pile to donate to Goodwill, a bit went
to the trash, a couple of bags to bring up and go through one night
this week and a few things on the stairs to take upstairs. Excellent progress –
yay!
Then I went upstairs to do some cooking. I made a casserole
with the yummy leftover beans from food day, hotdogs and corn bread and had
enough to eat this week, freeze a small casserole then share one. I made
broccoli slaw and quesadillas to take for lunches and opted not to make a pie
because I had a blood test first thing Monday morning so didn’t need anything
sweet to spike my fasting blood sugar. Maybe later this week I’ll make one.
And on the knitting front, I finally finished the socks I
started in September. I wasn’t happy with them but they’re a Christmas present.
I also needed the needles to start a knit along pair with a deadline of
November 30th. I started those with some German sock wool and am
loving them. I also got the shawl Cindy made for me so my next priority is to
finish Cindy’s socks, which are also a pleasant knit. And I started, and should
have finished but didn’t, a dishcloth for the new trainer at work who’s in the next
cubie from mine. She mentioned she liked them and since I have lots of cotton,
I decided to try new stitches from my new stitch dictionary and make her some.
It’s all good.
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