I completely failed to cope with daylight savings this year. I woke up in alright time on Monday and Tuesday, but was something of a zombie and exhausted. On Tuesday night I didn't sleep hardly at all.
Wednesday night was better, Thursday night better again and today I am feeling pretty much human once more.
Today is a stunningly beautiful Wellington day with high winds and the promise of summer eventually. I slept in, read some more Pride and Prejudice (Darcy's proposal! Yay!) and Lee went to help his little brother move house. I have stayed to pootle about the house and do some spring cleaning.
So far: I've changed the sheets on the bed and put in the polar fleece blanket and memory foam pillow covers to wash as well. The fleece blanket is drying in the breeze from the open door.
I've cleaned out the bathroom cabinet and drawers, something that I really should have done before we started having open homes, but whatever. It's done now. I have a big box of rubbish to show for it and very clean, tidy little bathroom drawers.
I have dusted and tidied and scrubbed at the shower some more, got the fittings a gleaming silver which is very nice and appealing. I can't bring myself to do the kitchen just yet. I am blasting Tori since Lee's out and my hands are all dried out and dishpanny, so I am having a blog break.
Poor blog has been very neglected lately, which has been reflected in the steady drop of site visits on my weekly stats.
Writing wise, I have been doing a little proof reading of my first draft. Hampered mightily by the fear that everything I've written is completely trite and awful. Another mental wall to push through I suspect, but it's quite an intimidating one.
I'm also not sure if I should be correcting as I go, or if I should just sit down and read the whole thing through and ignore the errors until the second read-through. Any suggestions?
Steve said I should leave it for a month to get some distance...it might help with the fear, or it might make the fear a lot worse. I don't know, I don't know.
I have been frustrated and cranky for a few weeks now. I am putting it down to needing a holiday. I have been finding it very hard to be my usual cheerful self. Lee has been getting the worst of me lately, and I am sorry for that. It isn't fair to him and I shouldn't do it. It's just easy to let it happen.
Birthday party, birthday and holiday in one week. Huzzah!
PoF: Destination Earth tshirt
CO: open home tomorrow. How can I make the place so appealing we get an offer?