We're Moving

Not very far. Not very far at all. We will be moving upstairs. We will be moving Feb 1st. Why bother you ask? Well we went up and looked at the apartment today (Shawn set this up today while he was outside shoveling), and well it is quite nicer than our apt is. A lot of things that I would like to do but am too lazy and non skilled too and well come on, Shawn doing like manual labor? Ha. One of the big things for me. The kitchen. I'm always saying how much I hate the kitchen and just want to paint the kitchen cupboards but I'm am just not ambitious enough to sand them and paint them. I wouldn't have to worry about it if I moved upstairs. It's already been done. All of the rooms have been freshly painted. The living room and hallway wouldn't be bright yellow anymore (yes, i hate painting that much i've lived with yellow walls), and best of all, they have a nice big deck that would become ours. this is what we like best. it was the whole reason that brought us to even checking the place out.
It doesn't leave me with much time. It's going to give me a good chance to go through some things and decide if it's really necessary that we keep it. Moving is also going to be tricky between all of us. Should be interesting.
I'm excited. I think we'll like it much better. How can we not?

Am I Crazy?

Aside from getting ready for Christmas, not a whole lot is going on. Oliver seems to have the cold that never ends. He is currently into hour 14 of his afternoon nap. Isn't that crazy? Imagine being able to sleep a solid 14 hours? Jack's runny nose doesn't seem to want to go away either.
I am finally about 1/3 of the way through my Christmas shopping. It just seems to never end. There always seems to be something for someone I have to pick up. I'm pretty much caught up on the wrapping too. That is when it gets tricky. In our little apartment, there isn't much hiding space for gifts. Shawn jokes we will probably forget a gift someplace and will find it in the spring. There is a lot of remembering to do. Remembering is definitely not one of my strengths. I have to be sure to remember what paper I used from Santa and which paper I used from Us. We couldn't dare have the same paper as Santa. What would be the odds? Seriously.
I'm very excited for Christmas morning. Not that we bought the kids a lot of presents, because we didn't, but Jack is going to be super excited about the gifts he is getting. Even if his list is different now then the one he gave me a couple of weeks ago. Oliver of course will likely be more interested in the paper and boxes.
My entire family is going to be here for Christmas. Yes that's right, my entire family. Mom, Dad, Bill, Pam, Tim and their boys, Jody and Rita. Should be interesting. Again, small apartment. What was I thinking? I was thinking it would be nice to all be together for Christmas, even if it means being squished like sardines. Shawn will be serving his first turkey dinner. He is pretty excited about this. I had better start making a shopping list. We are going to need lots of food with all these people coming. Maybe I should bake some treats. Aside from some cookies and cake from a box, I've never really baked anything. Any suggestions?

It Has A Name

So I was doing some reading on the circadian rhythm and I came across some information on circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Oh my goodness. My sleep problem. It has a name. You know what that means? That means that I am not the only person out there with this sleep problem. Do you know how much more normal that makes me feel? It has a name!

It's name you are asking? It is called advanced sleep phase syndrome. It absolutely describes me to a T. You would think someone had asked me to write about my sleep schedule.

In case you are curious, here it is.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/advanced.html

What is with describes me to a T anyway? Why a T? What does that even mean?