Why am I still up?

It just dawned on me that it's almost 11pm, and I haven't even remotely gotten ready for bed yet (unless you count putting on PJ's the minute I walked in the door).

I've eaten dinner, been hanging out with the dog, and surfing the internet. Granted, I've only been home a short time, but I'm not exactly being productive - I could at least be reading instead of surfing online, but here I am, in the living room, with basketball on (I think that's really my problem).

Of course, when my alarm goes off in the morning, I will not be thrilled at all. In fact, I'll probably be angry that I have to get up out of my warm, comfy bed.

Ok, I've decided it's time to go to that warm, comfy bed instead of just talking about it - more to come this weekend!!!

Weekend Update

Friday seems like it was so long ago, yet the weekend passed so quickly!

After work on Friday, I met a couple of friends at Happy Hour at Art's Bar in Lansing. We had a great turnout eventually, and live entertainment from one of our Lansing Jaycee members. It was a lot of fun, and I was there for most of the night. Then I went home and finished my book. Woo hoo!

Saturday was the Michigan Jaycees Model Legislature here at the Capitol in Lansing. I was the Majority Floor Leader for the day, and whew!! What a busy day! After we were done, I went home, went to dinner with Eric, and then came back to take a nap. Yup, a nap at 7pm...because we were planning on seeing Watchmen on the IMAX screen at the 9:40 showing! I LOVED the movie...I'm hoping to do a post on it soon.

Then slept in on Sunday, watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and slept some more in the afternoon. It was quite the lazy Sunday!

Now I feel like I'm playing catch up at work on this Monday...

Sleep?

As it's now after 11:30pm on Thursday night, I started thinking about how I've started staying up later in the last few months. Last night doesn't count, because I didn't feel very well, and went to bed around 9:30pm. But, I used to go to bed between 10 and 10:30pm. It was pretty regular.

The last month or so (maybe a little longer), I haven't been getting to bed most nights until 11 or 11:30, sometimes even a little later. I'm not sure what's causing me to stay up. I'm tired by these times, but I just force myself to stay awake.

I think I'm going to have to roll back my bedtime very soon...

This won't be a happy post...

I was in a good mood most of the day. Now I'm home, and I'm just peeved and annoyed. I have things to do, but really just want to go to bed. Hm, I think that's what I'm going to do.

Reconciling...

I'm having a hard time lately reconciling my desire to do lots of different things with the fact that I can't plan everything. I have a lot of ideas of things to do lately, but I just have to recognize my limits in time. But then, I feel like I'm surrounded by people who aren't stepping up and doing what I think they're supposed to be. Then, of course, I run the risk of looking like the overachiever...

Then again, here I am writing on my blog when I should be packing!!! I am not looking forward to filling up my gas tank in the morning either - I'm scared to see how much I have to spend! Contrary to popular belief, state workers pay the same amount for gas as everyone else...

Oh, how I'm looking forward to the weekend and sleeping.

Currently watching: The Office Season Finale

Am I too ambitious?

I have all these things I want to do. I'm feeling a little productive this weekend - watching DVDs and reading. I've started watching the first season of "The Wire" and I'm loving it. Hopefully, I'll get through a little more tonight.

But then I was thinking about my reading list. I have a list of 50 books to read this year. Since it was the end of the month, I was looking back at how much I read in January. It turned out to be 4 books, and 3 of them were on my list. I'm almost done with another one now, but that's not on my list either! So, at this rate, I'm not doing so hot on the list. I keep hearing about new books, buying other books, wanting to read new authors, and I'm just a plain bookworm!!! Maybe I bit off more than I can chew with this challenge??


Currently reading: Almost finished with The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman AND Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas

Baby, you can drive my car...

So, last week, I was driving home, and went over a railroad track. After that, I started hearing a knocking noise when I hit bumps. I finally got the car in today to get looked at, and it needed (overall) almost $1700 in repairs.

Needless to say, my decision is to go car shopping on Friday. Eric will be coming here to help me out. I'm fairly certain I know what I want, but it's a matter of finding it. We knew this was coming down the road sometime, so I'm not surprised. I am excited about getting a new car, but also just really anxious. It's just frustrating to have that happen and have to make a huge decision.

I was bad tonight, and brought home McDonald's for dinner. While my plate was sitting on the stove, my dog smelled it, ran into the kitchen, and went SPLAT! right into the oven. She hit the oven just as she was jumping up to try and smell the food more closely. So, she really ran into the oven with her stomach. It was really funny, cause she basically went flying into the oven. Silly doggie.

For the rest of the evening, I will be sitting in my chair, being lazy. It's 8pm and I'm ready for bed. (yawn)


Currently reading: A Free Life by Ha Jin

The day after...

I survived Christmas. It was a long day, but we made it. Actually, it even started on Christmas Eve. I think Dakota had the best picture from the holiday. She received a very cute coat, but wasn't quite sure about it...

I am quite enjoying my time off from work. Getting lots of sleep, we finished watching the third season of "Arrested Development", and now I have lots more movies to watch and books to read.

I'll be heading back to Lansing tomorrow in order to hang out and clean my apartment a bit. I'll only be staying overnight, but I'm hoping to get a little bit done. Then, I'll be back in Muskegon until after the new year. Yay! More sleep!

I hope everyone had a good holiday, and also is having some restful time off. I know I am!!!!

Currently reading: Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

"I've just recently decided that the things we know aren't black and white."

The title of this blog is from the movie "Elizabethtown". Remembering it makes me want to watch the movie again, so maybe I'll do that this weekend.

Days like today make me feel like a total failure. I woke up late, have had a headache most of the day, and just downright didn't feel very well. I stuck it out at work for the rest of the day, but didn't feel productive at all. Then, of course, my night isn't very exciting. Me, food, TV, and my book. Woo hoo.

Lately, I've been starting to feel run down and unfocused. I can't quite figure out how to get myself to start doing anything again other than sleep. I want to scrapbook, make jewelry, read, but I just don't when I get home. I have been watching some movies, so I suppose that's a start. For awhile there, I was just hanging out and listening to my iPod.

I will also finally be getting my hair cut this weekend. It's been awhile, mostly because I'm lazy and couldn't afford to go. Haha. I'm really excited, because I think it will help.

Anyway, I'm sorry to anyone that I've come across and just been about as fun as a wet rag. I'm trying to snap out of my funk, but I probably haven't been all that fun to be around! Sigh.

It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!!!

Ah, yes, I can go to work on Monday. My team came through in a great effort yesterday to come from behind and beat MSU. GO BLUE!

I can't believe how much I've slept this weekend. I've gone to bed at 9:30 on both Friday and Saturday nights. However, Saturday morning, I got up at 8am, but this morning, I didn't roll out of bed until close to 11am (which before the time change would have been noon!) I guess this week took more out of me than I had thought. I slept pretty hard too - didn't wake up much, which was good.

I've got a lot of things I need to do this week, but I'm not sure that I will be able to get them all done. I'm hoping to write everything down today at some point, but with trying to get my laundry done before I go back to Lansing, I really don't feel like doing much else! I have to start getting motivated again...

It's good to be home...

First and foremost - GO BLUE! I'm so happy we finally won today!

So, today, I slept in until 11:30am. I know that sounds insane, but when I got up, I realized how tired I've been. I was barely home this week, and when I was, I always had something going on - cleaning, scrapbooking, reading my book, or something else. And by the time I would get home, it wouldn't be too much longer before I went to bed. So, it was really nice to just lay in bed for a bit this morning and get some much needed rest before next week, which I think it going to be super long.

I finished watching season one of Bones on DVD this week. I love that show - I can't wait for the new season. I got hooked on it last year in the middle of the season. So, I still have to watch the first part of the second season. I'm looking forward to some of the new TV shows coming out - Dirty Sexy Money (I love Peter Krause!), Journeyman, Bionic Woman, and Private Practice. Which reminds me, I still have to finish watching season three of Grey's Anatomy. Sigh...so much to do, so little time!