Recouping

Last week was difficult mostly because I was getting less than minimal sleep. By Thursday I was run down, strung-out and emotional. By Friday I managed to get some sleep but suspected I was getting hit with something, and sure enough on Saturday a cold ensued with force. Unfortunately, that was the day we had our birthing class. So, I got to learn about the joys and realities of birth while wishing I could lay my head down or blow my nose in private. Still, it was good and we learned a lot. Which then coupled with an early and incredibly unseasonably cold weekend. I finally got a full-night's sleep last night, but it was plagued by some very strange dreams.

All this, and another cold, gray day, has left me feeling rather gray myself. And with a house that's a wreck from lack of care due to lack of energy. My to-do list is long, my energy still low, and my need to feel productive rather high. Solution? Christmas music.

Okay, odd solution. And I know I might seem Christmas-obsessed right now. But have you ever noticed that the easiest way to find a good, up-lifting, heart-warming movie is to watch a Christmas movie? This is my logic, anyway. I decided to watch an up-beat Christmas comedy that might lift my mood and help me get in the swing of some work. However, we have only one in the house (White Christmas, total classic), and I can't watch it for two reasons: our VCR isn't hooked up, and my sister would kill me for watching it without her. Netflix's "Watch Instantly" option doesn't carry holiday movies, apparently. What's a girl to do to watch a holiday movie out of season? She doesn't. Instead, she finds herself trolling the genre stations on Pandora, finds the "Peaceful Christmas" station, the "Rockin' Christmas" station, and the R&B/Pop Christmas station (for she won't listen to Country Christmas!). And, then she laughs heartily to herself as she listens to Wonderful Christmastime as sung by the Wings and wonders how the guy downstairs likes her tunes.