Well, you could say I really took that idea of hibernation to heart! I’ve not been sleeping 22 hours a day, but I have been resting more. I’ve still been active when I need or want to be, but when it’s time for down time, I committed to it. And when Christmas break was over and the kids were heading back to school (i.e. today), I was more than ready to get back to a routine.

I woke up this morning, fixed breakfast for the teenagers, fixed a sandwich for the hubby’s lunch, read my daily Scripture, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, and then? Hard stop. I’m acutely aware of how my body is feeling and what it was telling me was that I needed to go back to bed. It was strange, because fatigue usually creeps up on me slowly. This time it seemed like it had been hiding right around the corner and pounced on me all in a matter of moments. I headed up the stairs to my bedroom and had to pause midway to rest. I slept close to 3 hours and then willed myself to get up and get dressed so that I could feel at least halfway human.

Fatigue is so frustrating because I have all these things I want to do and my mind is still quite active. It’s a slow torture, if I’m being dramatic. So I occupy my mind by playing endless games of Block Blast, listening to podcasts about decluttering, and writing. I’ll probably take another nap, so that I have energy to prepare dinner.

I’m sorry I don’t have more interesting things to talk about here, but that’s my life at the moment. You get what you pay for. You’re welcome. I hope you have a blessed day!! Look for beauty and blessing and you will find it.