The best I’ve felt since I got back from the MS150 was this past Saturday, when I woke up after nine and a half hours of sleep feeling rested and refreshed. Dad was here, I had a new car in the garage, and I just felt good. If I’d slept any longer, I think I would have been groggy all day. I woke up at the perfect time, went to bed at a decent hour that night, so I felt more normal for the triathlon on Sunday morning.
But then Sunday night I was tired from getting up early, and all day yesterday I felt sleepy, and last night I stayed out too late rock climbing. I shouldn’t have gone, but I thought Kelly would be there, and wanted her to have someone else there since she’s new in town and all. She was, so it’s nice that I went, and I climbed decently, but I was up until 11:30, and had to get up early this morning to sit in traffic for an hour on my way to the Nissan dealership. I am without my Xterra for the day as it gets a tow hitch installed. I got gas this morning for the first time; the first verdict is 255 miles on 15.7 gallons, which is 16.2 miles per gallon, which is not as good as the advertised 17-21. Hmph.
I am truly a tree-killer now. Alas, alack.
The dealership was showing “The Two Towers” in the service waiting room, and I watched the first ten minutes as I waited for Becca to come by to pick me up on her way from Rice back to work. I wanted to just stay there in the comfy chair and watch the rest of the movie, but of course I am here at work.
I am tired. I feel crappy. This morning when I woke up I had to clear my ears, which is never a good sign. And, despite eating breakfast this morning, my stomach has been rumbling since 9:30, so add hungry to the list. I won’t get enough sleep tonight either, because we have baseball tickets. I love baseball and yet I almost want to stay home, just because I know I’m going to be yawning by the 5th inning.
I’m doing too much. I had been thinking that I would take this weekend off, but of course there are so many things popping up. Becca wants to go car-shopping…Gavin wants to put my new tow hitch to use and go sailing… I feel like all I do these days is complain about how I am either tired or hungry.
I like all my activities, but I don’t like feeling frazzled and cranky all the time. It’s reminding me of how I felt inside for much of my final semester at Georgia Tech, and that scares me a little. Something’s gotta give.
when they put mpg ratings on cars, they test them in “ideal” conditions so they hardly ever get that much in reality.
They probably test them going downhill, too.
Katie should know about mpg ratings. She did a report for the beloved Noonan in our “awesome” environmental policy class.