I know it’s only a few days into the new year, but I already know it’s going to be one of those months. I spent most of last week working odd shifts that just seemed to get earlier and earlier in the morning. When I arrived at work at 4am on Friday, I should have known that I wouldn’t be able to recover from my lack of sleep over the weekend.

Mom has taken to karaoke so after a quick nap on Friday, we headed out to party. Granted, I don’t know how much partying you can really do with your mom in tow. Perhaps others can get wild and jiggy – but a wild night out with my mom usually consists of ensuring everyone is included in the conversation, proper introductions are made, and alcohol is consumed in very limited qualities. After lots of singing and embarrassing myself later, it was off to let the dogs out. We arrived back home at about 3:30 am only to be up for shopping at 9am.

While Sunday was pretty laid back it was marred by the fact that I was awake instead of curled up under warm blankets in my comfy bed.

Another 5am wake up call today, followed by a 4am trip to the airport tomorrow – mom goes home – and an upcoming storm on Wednesday has me wishing for the weekend already. I’m beginning to believe that it’s just not possible to ever make up the sleep debt I’ve racked up since before Christmas.

Lack of sleep means that I’m saying, thinking and typing crazy things this week. I’ve been beating dead horses in the comments at a blog I often visit – most likely not making my point well at all and coming across as some sort of deranged idiot. Then again, deranged idiot might be a step up from some of my past rants. Maybe I should just shut up when I’m ahead.

The old saying “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” is beginning to sound as if it’s the only way to get a good night’s rest.

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