A Non-Productive Week

This week has been a total waste thanks to my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), despite keeping up on my Vitamin D supplements. The weather has been dark and overcast, alternating between rain and snow with all other types of precipitation in between. I've been sleeping between twelve and seventeen hours a day.

When I am awake, I've got a load of household chores staked up thanks to the cataract surgeries. I'm slowly wrapping holiday packages and sending them out to friends and family. And putting things back in order now that GK and Grandpuppy are back home in Texas again.

Once this weekend's storm is over, I need to start setting my alarm and going to the local Starbucks in the mornings to write. It may mean sleeping the rest of the afternoon away, but it would let me be a little more productive.

I hope.

In the meantime, play it safe this weekend, folks. Stay home and stay warm while Winter Storm Gerri roars through the country. Few things are important enough to put your life and the lives of the first responders in danger.

Instead, make your favorite hot beverage, cuddle with your loved ones and/or furbabies, and watch something awesome. In our case, it will be the NFL payoff games.

Assuming I can stay awake.

Time for a Break

In addition to prepping for the the Writer's Block Author Fair this Saturday, I'm typing away on stories to be released next year.

But most of all, I'm trying to finish my holiday shopping. Usually, I would have finished months ago. But between family stuff and supply issues, I'm a little behind.

Decorations-wise, I hung our Christmas wreath, and I dug out a gingerbread candle to burn. Otherwise, we left up the Halloween lights because the non-drowned Christmas lights are still buried somewhere in the storage unit. The tiny tree we've been using for the last several years and its lights had to be thrown out after the indoor swimming pool incident.

I'm not sure why, but I'm feeling rather nostalgic this year. But I'm chalking it up to the general blues caused by SAD.

I think it's time to snuggle up with tea, a crackling fireplace, and a book.