Rant #2,044: Late In the Morning

I overslept today.

I don't know why I did, but I did.

I generally do not oversleep, ever, but today, I did, so I apologize if you were looking for today's entry an hour earlier.

Heck, an hour earlier, I was still sleeping ... very odd for me.

This has been a busy week for me, and I guess that it finally got to me today.

If it was not one thing, it was another this week, running around after work and never coming home on time.

Yesterday was another day like that.

After work--and I had a busy, busy day there, for once--I ran to the allergy doctor to get my shots, something that I had put off doing the previous week because quite frankly, I was too busy to get to the office to have this done.

Then, no, I did not go straight home.

I had to go to our local pharmacy to pick up something, so I did that, and then, finally, I went home.

I ate dinner late, and then finally could relax as I watched TV with my wife.

The problem was, I conked out around 8 p.m. or so.

I woke up, watched a little more TV, conked out again about 9:30 p.m., and that was that, I was cooked for the night.

I went to sleep, woke up about 1 a.m. briefly, woke up at about 2 a.m. briefly, and then, I slept through to 4:30 a.m., or about an hour later than I normally get up during the week.

I like to get up early because it allows me to do everything I want to do before I leave for work at about 6:20 a.m., including writing this blog, reading the newspaper, doing some exercises, and just basically relaxing before I trudge off to work.

And later today, I have more stuff to do, of the more pleasant variety.

I am leaving work a bit early to meet up with some old friends in Manhattan. It should be a lot of fun; we do this every two to three months, and it catches us all up on the past, present and future.

I have known these guys for more than 50 years, and it is fun catching up with them.

Then tomorrow, we are having a house-full of people over to celebrate the holidays ... after I have to do our food shopping and after I take my son to his bowling league.

I think on Sunday, we might visit my father in law at the Veterans Home at Stony Brook University, an 80 mile round trip, and that is after I take my son to work.

After the visit, I will pick my son up at work.

Yes, I do keep busy, don't I?

So today, I guess my body said, "You don't have to wake up so early ... take an extra hour for yourself," and I did just that.

Funny, I still feel a bit pooped.

Maybe it is the weather.

Maybe the allergy shots are having an impact on me.

Maybe I am just getting old.

Maybe I should just end this Rant right now.

Speak to you on Monday. Have a good, and restful, weekend.