Too much production and a disembowelment.

Dear Cat,

You ever had one of those days when you're so tired that you have to force your body to keep moving because you're afraid that if it stops, you'll disintegrate into a heap of blubbering oblivion? Today's one of those days. I'm not sure why, because I went to bed at a decent hour last night. However, I dreamt that I was at a faculty party, at the end of which I was supposed to perform an autopsy on one of the many corpses in the storage room and retrieve three specific organs, kind of like a treasure hunt. Because I was determined to succeed in front of the other faculty members, I spent the entire party--and thus (what felt like) the entire night--doing positive visualization of myself successfully gutting the corpse and pulling out the specified organs.

I did not feel particularly refreshed when I awoke.

Anyway, because I was so tired I knew I'd fall asleep if I sat down, and because I've been training myself--in honor of Zen Habits--not to check the computer until ten, I spent the first couple hours of the morning cleaning and organizing the pantry and hall closet while listening to an audio book. Honestly, I'm stunned at how much I was able to get done while waiting for ten o'clock to arrive.

I finally got on at ten-thirty, and now, at eleven, have already checked all my sites and e-mail, browsed my blogrole, and penned this missive to you. How freakily productive.

I will say, however, that the unexpected downside of being this productive is that usually by the time I've accomplished this much Brandon's home for lunch. I keep expecting him to walk in the door, but then I glance at my clock and see that I have another hour--at the earliest--before he arrives.

In other news, I'm still in love with my purple wall, though I may change it because Brandon really hates it. Since neither of us is confident in the validity of our decorating opinions, we're having an interior-decorator friend come over tonight to render a verdict. Neither of us wants an ugly wall, so we're eager to hear what she says.

On that note, I'm logging off. The next couple of weeks probably won't be very productive in the GND (grand novel delusion) department because my computer has to go in for a massive overhaul. I'm reading a ton, though, which feels great.

Love you tons. Hope to talk to you later. (I'll be back online at 4, again in honor of Zen Habits).

Love,

Heidi