Thursday, April 22, 2010

Refresh

I've been feeling tired the last few days--I think because I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last weekend. It's this weird thing about being an adult with a schedule... I can't sleep late the way I used to. In college I could sleep until well into the afternoon. Even when I was 22 or 23 I could easily sleep until 11 a.m. or noon. In fact, Torsten used to get up in the mornings and sneak out of the room and quietly close the door behind him so that I could keep sleeping.

But now? I hardly ever sleep past nine. I am usually awake by 8:30 on weekends. That's only 45 minutes later than when my alarm goes off during the week. This is VERY UPSETTING. But there is nothing I can do about it! I seem to have adjusted.

(Perhaps this bodes well for my ability to adjust to even less sleep once we have a baby someday? I'm going to tell myself that this is the case. It makes me feel better and that's already worth it, right?)

Anyway, so, I've been feeling a little tired but yesterday was a nice fresh day. There was a thunderstorm in the afternoon, and it rained briefly but pretty hard, which was good for the yard and hopefully good for the wildflower garden we've planted. There was some hail in there but I don't think it did any damage, even to our budding plants. The tulips still look bright and lovely and healthy.

And I cooked dinner last night. We've been grilling a lot recently but last night was cooler and there was rain so I made baked ziti, which was delicious, and then cleaned the kitchen until it sparkled, which was quite refreshing. Nothing makes me feel better than a completely clean kitchen. In fact, a kitchen with a pile of dishes or a counter covered in crumbs makes me feel tired. Maybe that's why I've been feeling unmotivated all week.

Anyway! Delicious dinner, with plenty of leftovers, a clean kitchen, a nice refreshing rain... what more could you ask?

Well, one more thing. I've been meaning to take a photo of Torsten and Montana with my BlackBerry to set as my background, and kept forgetting to do so. But yesterday Torsten randomly picked up the dog, and I was right there holding my BlackBerry, so I took a photo. And now I DEFINITELY have my new background:


THERE. Now there is nothing more I could ask for.

14 comments:

  1. Poor Montana, she looks so ... inconvenienced. hahaha.

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  2. Ha! I love that picture, it's hilarious!

    I have the same "must-have-clean-kitchen" affliction. If I go to bed with a messy kitchen, it's pretty likely I'll be grumpy upon seeing it in the morning. It's the best room in the house for sparkling. :)

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  3. We had baked ziti last night too, and it was delicious! The rain must have triggered it for both of us, since we had a downpoor as well. But I'm in NC...so yeah.

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  4. lol- cute pic!
    This probably won't make you feel any better but I can't even sleep past 7am anymore, when dh lets me "sleep in."

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  5. I can barely stay in bed past 7am. I don't even understand the concept of sleeping in. Sounds blissful. :-)

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  6. Montana is such a good sport! I have the same problem re: sleeping in. Even on the weekends when I try to MAKE myself sleep longer than 8am, I just get stressed and want to get up and start my day already.

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  7. I'm giggling, sorry. 830a? THAT is a luxury -- one that I haven't experienced in 19 months. Get ready for the alarm clock that is a baby. :)

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  8. Aw, I love how happy Torsten looks and the look on Montana's face that seems to be saying that she would really rather be on the ground, but she'll be patient with it all for a moment. We see that look quite a bit ourselves but I've never had the camera ready in the moment.

    I pretty much lost the ability to sleep in or take naps by 24 or 25. I miss it!

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  9. I'm not an ultra tidy person, but I can't stand dishes in the sink either. You're right, it makes me tired too.

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  10. I love that photo! Even if Montana looks like she might be writing a polite letter of complaint in her head.

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  11. hee! i get the distinct impression that montana is doing that only as a favor to her dad ;-)

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  12. As recently as two months ago I could still sleep until ten in the morning, but lately (the past three weeks or so), despite getting off work at midnight, I've been continually rolling out of bed at eightish. Weird, right? Heh.

    As for clean kitchens, I completely agree. I hate when my kitchen is crumbly and there are dishes and spatters of sauce. Makes me cranky. I always attack the kitchen first when cleaning!

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  13. I can't speak for when the baby is here yet, but just wait until you're 30 weeks pregnant and can't stay comfortable long enough to sleep more than a few hours at a time.

    I'll trade you :)

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  14. 8:30am is so late in my world. 5am Saturday and 4am Sunday.

    Just sayin'

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