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Where’s my “restart” button?

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I was sure that the sluggishness I've felt all morning was coming from being cold and hungry.  I've now eaten a turkey sandwich and some apples with peanut butter (OK, really it was a few mouthfuls of peanut butter gouged out of the jar with a butter knife, and a few bites of kids' abandoned apples for a chaser).  I've now had a long, hot, environmentally incorrect shower, and am dressed in wool from head to toe.

I still want to lean over and go to sleep. 

Sluggishness begets sloth, which in turn begets more sluggishness.  Yesterday was a long and busy day.  This morning, still tired and unwilling to face the prospect of schooling just quite yet, I went for the Nature Video Option  ("Mom!  Mom!  Did you know there are WORMS that live in water that's EIGHTY DEGREES CENTIGRADE!")  Now lunch is over.  I can plausibly get another half hour of dozing, since I always make the children play downstairs or outside for a little while after lunch anyway.  

The hot shower has already been tried.  I think I'll try making another pot of coffee, and then make a list.  I'm not sure what I'm going to put on it yet.  First things first.

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    mrsdarwin

    The danger that Catholic blogging mothers face is that any time they mention they’re tired, someone will comment, “Maybe you’re pregnant.”
    There, I’ve gotten it out of the way so no one else feels compelled to say it. I hope you get some rest and that the kids learn lots from their videos. Hey, even in college I remember a professor putting on a video for the class and plunking wearily into her chair.

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