Sleeping, packages, and weather

Life sure is difficult when you're not sleeping. The funny thing is that the longer you go without it, the harder it is to get it, and so on in cyclical fashion. Add an infant to the mix and, well, you're pretty much screwed.

Alas, this is the situation we find ourselves in as we move steadily into week three. You see, there's a double bed in the master that we've been sleeping on and it's just not cutting it. After two weeks of not much sleep, we decided yesterday afternoon that we'd try to nap on the single beds in the two bedrooms (we actually just pulled the mattress off the one and laid it on the floor of the front room so that we could at least both be in the same room). Wonder of wonders, it was the best sleep we've had in two weeks, even though it was only an hour-and-a-half. We're holding out hope for tonight.

Of course, this poses an interesting problem. We're not going to sleep apart for eight months. Furthermore, one of us isn't going to sleep on the floor for eight months. There has to be a solution in here somewhere, though, and when we're better rested, I'm sure we'll think of something brilliant.

Got a package today in the mail--some course books I had shipped out to me. Even though I fully expected them to come, I still feel a great sense of anticipation when I open that box and look inside. It takes me back to when I was a kid and got a letter in the mail. "You mean, it's a letter for me?" No matter what it was, that letter made me happy. Life chnaged when bills and junk mail started arriving, but I still occasionally get that feeling when I open a package.

As a double-feature, we also got a Purolator shipment today (yes, couriers do come to our door, even in Three Hills). Funny thing, though: the guy shows up in a rented cube van. Hmm. No, he didn't cart off any of my valuables when I wasn't looking.

Other than that not much else going on. A pleasant enough day, weather-wise--sunny and milder than usual. I was going to say "warm" but that certainly doesn't cut it. Rain and cold weather expected back again tomorrow, so I'll enjoy it while I can. Lots of school work to do, too, so I'm actually looking forward to it (sense of accomplishment and all that). Should be good times.

I'll keep you posted on how things go with sleeping. Until then, keep enjoying the reading, and stop back again soon.