Post-Christmas
The last few nights have been a little off around here and despite the fact that break has been good to us it still feels weird to admit that we have some worn out people in this house. The late nights or interrupted sleep tend to result in overthinking for me and the creation of these elaborate plans for all the things we're going to accomplish tomorrow (or this year or this week or this morning). The crazy brain gymnastics that occurs can often have some positive outcomes but other side effects - like feelings of failure when you're not bounding out of bed with the energy of a pre-sugar crash toddler - more often than not accompany the morning light (or if your life is anything like ours it's the morning pre-light that sends people waking up way before they 'should'). In recent nights I've found myself alternating between frenetic goal-setting and a grievous lament or frustration that break and the holidays and our day-to-day aren't typical. I have a f...