One reason I haven't been blogging is, my beloved five-year-old monitor died a sudden death around the beginning of this month. Therefore, I went almost two weeks without using a desktop computer while procrastinating on buying a new monitor. Those two weeks were a memorable experience. Yes, I found myself accessing the Internet via my cell phone and watching TV quite a bit more often to compensate. However, since I wasn't physically sitting at a computer, I also got a heck of a lot more housework done (decorating all seven rooms and two semi-rooms for Christmas) and lost a couple of pounds without cutting calories. (Watching TV is seldom a sedentary activity for me because I prefer doing things in the background, such as folding laundry, while it's on.) Also started going to bed at a more reasonable hour, usually. This makes me think I should implement at least a couple of "Turn-Off-the-Computer" days throughout the week.
Speaking of going to bed at a reasonable hour, I collapsed onto the couch for a nap at 6:30 this evening. Probably should have slept on the futon in the guest room, since there's an alarm clock in there and I hate napping on actual beds, but I've been pretty good about automatically keeping the naps down to half an hour lately. Well, after the last couple of nights of insufficient sleep and a severe headache that wouldn't respond to anything, tonight was a bit of a different story. I FINALLY woke up at 2:30 a.m., feeling disoriented, half-wondering (before looking out the window) if it was 2:30 p.m. and I'd missed almost an entire day of work.
So. . . here I am now, thinking about getting stuff accomplished -- laundry, paperwork, showering, maybe dishes -- in the middle of the night. I'm planning on heading out for work in about five hours or so. Until then, the possibilities are endless, and I must say that being awake right now is rather peaceful. I don't know that I'd want to make a regular habit of it, though.
