Waking Up at Silly O'clock

 Whenever I have things on my mind I seem to struggle with sleep. This morning, I woke up at 4.03am. It must have been just after husband got up. I sat up and looked at the clock. Then I got to thinking about things and well, that was it. No more sleep. I didn't get up as husband and son have their routines and I don't like to disturb them as I hate it when someone disturbs my morning routine. I laid in bed, finally ended up putting on a YouTube video and fell asleep somewhere around 5.30am when son left for work. I dozed on and off a little until the alarm went off at 6.30am and I got up. 

I hadn't gone to bed until late as I was trying to watch a local city meeting to find out the latest on the rezoning of land near Asylum Lake (the place where I walk). I ended up giving up at 11.20pm when they still hadn't got to the item on the agenda. When I did get to bed husband was coughing, struggling to sleep and then got up to go to the loo. I think it was close to midnight when I did finally get to sleep. 

All the above is a precursor - not an excuse perse - to why I fell asleep as soon as I sat down this afternoon.  Sigh. I don't usually nap in the daytime and if I try to sleep I can't. 

I did get a haircut today - another long story. I was pretty sure I had a haircut coming up soon, but I couldn't find the appointment anywhere on my phone. Usually when I make an appointment, they immediately send a text. I had a string of text appointments but nothing after my last appointment (back just after MIL died).  I felt like an idiot, but I messaged my hairdresser, and she looked and realised we hadn't made one! She fit me in today. Thankfully. It was growing quite long. I didn't have much off - only an inch - but I feel better for it. 

I did not get much extra done. Only one drawer of socks. I have several huge fluffy sock pairs and quite a few others. I sorted through the drawer, organised it a bit, got rid of some rubbish that was lingering and picked out six pairs of socks that can be gone. So, not a lot of sorting done, but it's a start. 

Things That Made Me Smile

It was a foggy morning by Asylum Lake. Really peaceful. I think I only saw three people the whole time I was there. The beavers were out and about trying to keep the water open. 

A nice cup-a-soup. This is Broccoli and Cheddar. Quite nice. Good for warming up after my walk. 

Belated Happy New Year and I'm Back!

We had a wonderful few days visiting daughter (R), Baby A and son-in-law (S). Unfortunately, we didn't get to do what we planned on Saturday as Baby A and S came down with strep and daughter came down with it the day we left! I'm holding my breath hoping it avoids us especially as Baby A and I shared cake on her birthday. 

She is growing up so beautifully. I can't believe how far her speech has come just within the month and a half since we last saw her. Last time her favourite thing to say was "I got it!" this time it was "I can do it myself". She's so independent, wanting to do everything herself. She wanted to sit and cuddle with me as soon as I got there which is so lovely. We spent a lot of time playing with her dolls, reading books and colouring. 

The drive there and back - yikes! I could have done without that. On the way there, we left before daylight, and the roads were really icy. It had rained the night before and froze. Husband said it felt as though there were ruts of ice on the road and several times we slipped. He's a confident winter driver, but even he said it was a little hairy! Once we got out of Michigan the roads weren't as bad though we did go through some snow showers as we drove along. On the way back we had freezing rain for most of the drive through Wisconsin. The car heater couldn't keep up and the ice was quite thick on parts of the windshield. Husband drove steady with no sudden moments and once we hit mid-Wisconsin things dried up. 

I was in the back of the car so couldn't get a great photo of the ice, but this was it in the front. 

Baby A who always makes me smile! We were taking photos of us, but I got stuck way in the back lol. She likes to see herself in the camera!

So now I'm back home, trying to get into the groove of everyday life. New Year, New Plans. I wrote a few down on the long, long car drive lol. I'll hopefully post a few goals later this week. I think if I write them down it helps me hold myself accountable getting them done!

Hope everyone has had a good start to the year.