Even as my eyelids are dragging on the floor, it is so difficult to say goodbye and hang-up each night, despite the time difference and early-set alarm clocks. I have over-slept more in the last months than ever in my life, yet am always relieved that I wake so early, thus I’ve not (yet) been late.
I’m using my cranberry crunch as a weapon: I brought it to the Halloween “gathering” 
(???) for staff at juvie and have heard numerous comments, many of them perhaps surprised that it didn’t contain organic, free trade pine-nuts and gluten-free wheat-grass. It’s one way to get more hours there….
By the time I was back at the clinic, I was so damn-dead tired, that I did the unthinkable: I tried for a power-nap. Basically I just chilled on the sofa in an unused room for 11 minutes, but it did little good. I do remember that I’d take 20 minute power naps which helped a lot, but I was sleeping on my stomach. Maybe once Lizzie is back, I can pull out the bed for such days.
Mags thought she had a volleyball clinic tonight, so I hustled home to get her there in time. Seems she missed the memo that it had been moved to Wednesday, but we made good use of the time and got started on food prep for her little slumber party tomorrow night. This kid really is the apple from my tree: we were walking down the aisle and at the same time said, “So, now what do we do?” <then we high-fived each other>
Tomorrow is game-time, which means shaving my legs. I haven’t really done this on a regular basis for a quite a minute. Shampoo in my eyes and mini invisible cuts all over, I need to get a teak chair like the ones in the Kibuki Spa, so I can sit my ass down. Oh! Then I discovered that my right ass is substantially smaller than my left ass, yet I don’t even question these things anymore. There still remains the intention of getting to the gym, when I can manage the time and not be completely exhausted, perhaps when the Boy is driving and can help out with carpooling. For now, I’m just grateful to make to be busy with something I love.
Pictures: Power-nap; A gray duvet sits across the sky, covering us from the sun.
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