At 11:30 last night I was falling asleep on my feet, but I did not want to go to bed because the house was so quiet. I was in need of quiet. So I lay on the couch and dozed off while Howard played Oblivion. He woke me at 12:30 so I could go to bed. I shambled up stairs, changed into pajamas, collapsed into bed, where I found myself awake and fretful. I realized that the QFT preliminary layout was looming in my mind and making everything else feel impossible. So I got out of bed and spent the next 3.5 hours getting it done. Birds were chirping when I went back to bed.
I am very tired today, but I can tell that it was the right decision. I had a solid block of time to concentrate that was completely un-interrupted. There are still QFT tasks to do, but I’ve been able to hand off materials to two people who were waiting on me. That feels really good. Now I need to be at least moderately effective today, until I can crash at bedtime.
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Yesterday Link moped around all day and I nagged at him constantly to get his chores done. He finally did at 6 pm. Today Link was up, dressed, smiling, with all his chores done by 10:30 am. The difference? He took his medicine today after being off for a few days. Having the chores done is nice, but the I-can-handle-anything smile is why I know that the hassle of medication is worth it. Medicine does not change who he is. He is himself, he feels like himself, he is just able to plan ahead and accomplish the things he wants to do.
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I have magnets. They are sorted and bagged. I have ordered shirts. They will be in early next week. Prints will be done tomorrow. Slowly but surely I am gathering the necessary merchandise pieces to fill all of these orders. Next week there will be invoice sorting.
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Some days the kids are nice to each other. I like it when that happens.
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I am very tired.