Productive Insomnia

Waking up at 2:30 AM again. Since this is happening with some regularity I've decided to make productive use of the time. Doing laundry is fairly quiet as household chores go. I can wash my clothes without disturbing MySpouse.

The last two weeks have been rather hectic. I haven't had time to put away clothing I've washed. I find myself digging thru a basket or a pile of clean laundry and I hate doing that. I don't like the way the clothing looks or the clutter of baskets and piles.

Luckily, I haven't had to do anything but brute labor for about ten days so the clothing I've worn is comfortable if not visually elegant. It's hard to get excited about a cotton knit navy turtleneck. I'm going to turn it inside-out anyway, so that the label doesn't chafe the nape of my neck.

All those years of paper routes taught me that inside-out clothing is a good thing sometimes. Socks and turtlenecks are more comfortable that way. Inside-out socks get the toe-seam off the top of your toes. If you're doing a lot of walking the last thing you want is scabs on the tops of your toes. Come to think of it, avoiding scabs anywhere on your body is a good thing.

I have a day off from the part-time job at the restaurant. I have a hundred things to do, so I suppose I should make an effort at prioritizing and listing the hundred things. I have an uncashed paycheck, for pity's sake. That is surely an indication of hectivity if ever there was one.

I want to:
*Do my laundry and put it away.
*Call my mother.
*Cash my paycheck.
*Vacuum the downstairs.
*Wash the soiled rugs.
*Deliver Avon to customers.
*Walk my dogs.
*Write a report for Lions Club.
*Return books to the library (and pay the overdue fees).
*Clean the bathroom.
*Roast marshmallows with the young lady.

That should be enough to keep me occupied today.

I want to stay awake and busy until MySpouse gets home from work. Then the two of us can take a nap. That is one of the benefits of being older adults: nobody hassles you if you want to nap.

There's nothing really harmful in the insomnia, I guess, if I'm not disrupting MySpouse's rest.
Being productive lessens the feeling of wasted time.