Daily 5 - Day 231

Today's Daily 5:

1. An apologetic enmax employee on the phone - still didn't resolve the issues that have been going on for nine months, but at least she felt bad for how they had been handling the situation and was polite to me instead of rude like several of their employees have been.
2. Health treatment tonight (hoping it helps me sleep tonight too)
3. Chocolate
4. Laughing at a bad joke this morning.  (What do you call eight rabbits walking backwards in a row?  A receding hareline!)
5. Tray baked pork chops and roasted vegetables with apple for dinner tonight at Mom and Dad's

Morning Mood

With so little sleep, my already, less than a morning person nature is really getting a chance to shine.

I'm spending a good deal of time each morning reminding myself that those are "inside thoughts, Lisa.  Inside thoughts."

Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much.

I'm so tired that I fell asleep briefly on the bus yesterday afternoon.  That's pretty much unheard of - me sleeping in a public place.

I have a natural health treatment tonight.  Though I doubt he can do a lot about the nightmares, I'm hoping he can help at least a little with the sleep.

In the meantime, I'm working on my morning mood.  It ain't such a pretty thing!

Daily 5 - Day 230

Today's Daily 5:

1. 230 days of making these lists
2. Started the newest book by Sara Miles on the bus ride home tonight
3. Took the bus home again - so nice to have that quiet space.  Tonight I read, and dozed, and listened to an audio book for a while.
4. Updated my budget - love that this is still working so well for me.  And love seeing the results as my debt slowly decreases and my savings slowly grow.
5. Got a phone call from my bank checking on if I had any questions about my accounts - that was great, because I did have a question about my line of credit but definitely haven't been able to find time to call them
6. Productive day at work
7. Got through several "to do's" at home tonight as well
8. Made some tentative Easter weekend plans with my family
9. Have been denying myself chocolate all evening, and promising myself a piece as a treat before bed - totally anticipating that.
10. Think I'll actually be in bed kind of early tonight.  Hopefully that'll give me a better chance at actually getting a bit of rest.

Linking to Some Good Stuff

Check out these posts today:

Donald Miller's piece on how the greatest impact you may have can come from your pain.

Susan wrote a lovely piece "Life and Lifelessness" that rang true for me on so many levels as I ponder my own life.

Slightly Manic

I'm feeling slightly frenzied today.

It's probably partially the result of a continuing struggle to sleep.  One good night on the weekend just doesn't cut it when it comes in the middle of something like ten mostly sleepless nights.

Six working days until the conference, and some of the details are coming together in an even more last minute fashion than usual.

Seems like a gazillion details are left to complete, and I'm feeling the pressure of actually being in charge of them this year.

And I'm sort of manically planning my evening, too.

I'm going to take the long bus home again, I think, and cook a quick supper - pasta with marinara sauce.

Then a bunch of little things - budget update (finally - been waiting to get paid, and it will feel good to be on top of that agan), some writing, some various tasks around my space and the internet.

And with that, I'm off to tackle the long list I made for the day.  I'm determined to conquer most of it before leaving the office at the end of the day.