The end of the fifth week

In this lopsided year, 2008, the weeks all end on Mondays and begin on Tuesdays. Okay.... So tonight I finished reading Sue Miller's, THE SENATOR'S WIFE, which I enjoyed tremendously and expected to since she's on my list of favorite authors.

But it also means I'm already one book behind my book-a-week goal. But I'm behind in almost everything else on my list too. I hardly drew anything this week. My watercolor class meets tomorrow and I'm counting on that to nudge me forward. And I've only read a single short story so far this year, so much for a two-a-week goal. Etc., on down the list.

How come? I've been sleeping too much, that's one reason. I get so tired, so very tired with so little effort. I begin to read and then start nodding. I've been working more too, well over my 12 hour a week limit, and I have to stay alert for that.

So...maybe the sunny days anticipated all this week will energize me. In the meantime I can be happy that I read, this fifth week of the new year, one wonderful book. And that Beulie's coming home tomorrow, look out for Trouble!