Exhaustion
It's 8am here, and I can't sleep. I got to bed around 3am, and I'm exhausted, but there have been too many things keeping me awake. Primarily it's two things: the mattress and the cats. The mattress is a little bit softer than I like, so it doesn't give my back much support. It's gotten so that my muscles are getting progressively stiffer each time I sleep. The cats...I love them dearly, and they are the cutest things, but they are driving me insane! Eric likes having them in the room with us, and I'd be inclined to agree if they weren't so energetic at night. Every night they spend most of the night chasing each other around the room, and exploring things on different surfaces and messing with them. Last night they raced over me at least five or six times, and made loud noises jumping on things at least another four times - all of those woke me up from an already strained sleep. Those two things are enough to keep me from getting back to sleep now, even though the cats are now getting to sleep, and Eric's sleeping great.
I want to go for a run today, and am tempted to go now, but I'm not sure if I can handle a run with these stiff muscles. And of course I have a lot of things that I *need* to get done today, like working on my Honors thesis, going to the bank with Eric, and generally chilling out and having fun with everyone - but I don't really feel up to doing anything. This also means that Eric is going to be frustrated with me all day for being a stick in the mud, or just sitting around doing nothing productive, even if I give it a good effort. *sigh*
The straw that broke the camel's back: these energetic cats do not have any cat toys, so last night I started knitting them one, and left the project sitting out when I went to bed. Guess who found the new "toy" (ball of yarn) and started winding it around individual chair and table legs all around the room? That was probably why they ran over me at least once last night, was winding my yarn into a fucking mess - again. They'd already gotten into my yarn the first night I was here, and wound two balls of yarn up in the same way. >.<#
And of course I know that I always have a hard time when transitioning from one location to another, and that yes, I have way too many criteria that need to be just right for me to be able to sleep - but for now, it's putting quite the damper on my mood this morning.
I could use a run, some caffeine, chocolate, and a good massage...
I want to go for a run today, and am tempted to go now, but I'm not sure if I can handle a run with these stiff muscles. And of course I have a lot of things that I *need* to get done today, like working on my Honors thesis, going to the bank with Eric, and generally chilling out and having fun with everyone - but I don't really feel up to doing anything. This also means that Eric is going to be frustrated with me all day for being a stick in the mud, or just sitting around doing nothing productive, even if I give it a good effort. *sigh*
The straw that broke the camel's back: these energetic cats do not have any cat toys, so last night I started knitting them one, and left the project sitting out when I went to bed. Guess who found the new "toy" (ball of yarn) and started winding it around individual chair and table legs all around the room? That was probably why they ran over me at least once last night, was winding my yarn into a fucking mess - again. They'd already gotten into my yarn the first night I was here, and wound two balls of yarn up in the same way. >.<#
And of course I know that I always have a hard time when transitioning from one location to another, and that yes, I have way too many criteria that need to be just right for me to be able to sleep - but for now, it's putting quite the damper on my mood this morning.
I could use a run, some caffeine, chocolate, and a good massage...