even though i know she won’t read this because she doesn’t feel like opening her computer.

but i’m sitting here at 3:55 in the morning; i woke up about 2:30 and i can’t believe it’s almost four.  the cats were eating then fighting, so i separated them and now chester is meowing sadly at me, because he’s always so lonely in the middle of the night and why aren’t i paying some attention to him?  although if i get up and pet him he’ll definitely nip at me.

boy, i wish i was still in bed, sleeping soundly, or at least sleeping.

we’re having a celebration tonight, and i got up and re-wrote the things i have to do today, and it really doesn’t seem so bad, but of course these things always take one million times longer than i anticipate, and i guess i should just go ahead and resign myself to never learning this lesson.  this time i even wrote myself a schedule for the week, but then of course i slacked off on things because the list didn’t seem so big and now here i am, four in the morning, feeling like i should be doing stuff right now to get ready.

oh brother.

her friend wanda and i are taking mom to florida next wednesday, and for once i can actually share a trip with you beforehand because kevin will be here guarding the house.  and the kitties.  the kitties will also be guarding, is what i meant – whenever the doorbell rings or somebody even pulls up in the driveway, chester always growls in a very threatening manner.

yesterday morning, instead of accomplishing things, i felt the need to put all the clothes i’m thinking about taking on the bed.

time management, not one of my strong suits.  later in the day when i saw this huge mound of clothes, i then set them all in the chair.  so, well done me.  very productive.

florida will be nice and warm, and hopefully the air b&b we’re renting will be at least somewhat close to the photos, which look great, with a pool in the back.

i’m bringing two bathing suits.  and my new waterproof mp3 player, which isn’t really so new because kevin gave it to me last christmas and it sat on the hearth for a year and when i finally used it i realized it’s the best thing ever.

please please please go to sleep now.  i also feel like i’m starting to get a cold again; i got one in NYC and i know that at this rate i’ll never get photos from that trip posted even though there are some unique things we did there.  so i really shouldn’t be getting another cold and maybe when i go back to sleep i’ll wake up and feel great.

so that’s my plan now.

ok ok ok,

mrs. hughes in the middle of the night.