Start Slow, Taper Off From There

It is truly amazing what good rest will do for you. I've been grumpy, irritable, mad, frustrated, sad, mean, etc.; this past week. Yesterday I reached my peak of tension. I didn't know it though. I took a little nap in the morning. Spent the day catching up on laundry. Spun my wheels the rest of the day trying to figure out which way was up! Last night, finally I got some good sleep. I don't know why it was better than the rest of the week but it was. When my alarm went off this morning I got up with no problem. Yesterday I turned it off and would have gone back to sleep but my darling hubby made sure I got up. Wasn't that wonderful for him to remind me to get out of bed at the "butt crack of dawn"! Which leads me too...

I am not a morning person. I like sleep. A lot. If I don't get enough, watch out world! I thought as you got older you'd need less sleep. I can still sleep until noon some days like a teenager. Maybe it's because as adults we go sleep deprived for days and then we crash. Unlike a teenager, I don't like starting my day so late. Teenagers make up for the time they sleep in by staying up half the night. I fizzle out way to soon and am back in bed before midnight. Usually by ten! We have to tape the evening talk shows because we can't stay awake that long.

I've decided that I must be part cat. Just like the title says, "start slow, taper off from there."

(Note: As I was typing this, I got a text saying that my 6 a.m. exercise class was cancelled. So like a cat it's back to bed I go for just a few more zzzzzz's!)