Monday

I woke up really late again, and also again with a headache. It was almost nine! The weather was reasonably cool yesterday, but in the evening it turned hot again. I did get to bed rather late, but not THAT late. I don’t know why I seem to be needing more sleep lately – or do I sleep so badly? But it frustrates me that I wake up so late! I used to love sitting up at six, or earlier, listening to the birds wake up, maybe photograph the sunrise. Now I get up and the morning is practically over!

I get a bit busy putting away some kitchen appliances – and the Mips try to ‘help’. Sigh, by jumping on the table, climbing into my kitchen cupboards as I open them and just generally being everywhere. Our gardener is outside, so the Mips are staying in with me – not that he’s any threat, he’s just a stranger to them. Even though he visited them when they were still babies. What’s nice now, though, is that when I pick up a Mip it purrs instantly! When they were babies, they weren’t so good with the purring.

Well, it’s been a day – I spent most of it pushing an unpleasant task ahead of me, then sitting down and forcing myself to do it. There will be repercussions – but I’m okay with that.

I’ve done what needed to get done, and then some – now I should still do the dishes, clean out the sandbox and come up with something for lunch tomorrow, since I don’t have bread. I think I’ll bake some scones again.

Trying to dry dishes with Mips jumping to catch the towel – fun times! And then, while I mix the dough, Mippies climb the curtains! Literally! Fun times! Oh, on a whim I made chocolate chip muffins instead of scones. And I won’t need bread for Thursday, possibly not Friday, either – our electrician sent a message that he’s bringing breakfast goodies directly from Germany on Thursday! Yummy yay!