All of those late-night blood sugar issues have been resolved this winter by the advent of cold weather: I've officially got a case of hypersomnia, having a hard time waking up in the morning, feeling sleepy during the day despite getting enough sleep, and generally just wanting to hibernate. It definitely feels better than lack of sleep and walking around like a zombie all day, but it still poses its own set of challenges: nothing like working on my computer on the train, closing my eyes for a second, and then waking up 20 minutes later almost missing my stop.
MJ is currently showing me various winter clothing choices that she might wear to a baby shower in Seattle (40 degrees in the middle of January is better than a lot of cold weather destinations! Did you know that Washington state does not impose a state income tax? Tempting! Except the housing market is pretty crazy there too and mortgage rates just went back up above 7%.) And winter clothing is another complication of cold weather areas a minimalist like me dreads. I have a hard enough time setting up a T-shirt rotation for a 7-day work week, but winter clothing requires at least twice as much clothing to keep track of, sometimes even more! MJ just showed off an outfit where she was wearing 4 different layers....undershirt, sweater, jacket, and winter jacket. It's like having tea time and 2nd brunch after your first brunch! Lots to keep track of.
Did you know that the lyrics to John Legend's most famous love song (inspired by his wife Chrissy Teigen) goes "All of me.... loves all of you?" Apparently I didn't and had been singing "All of you loves all of me" this whole time, a rather presumptious lyric and totally changing the tenor of the song (although I think a lot of loves songs nowadays have that sort of I'm better than you vibe like "Single Ladies" If you like it put a ring on it" or any of Taylor Swift's various breakup songs like "All Too Well."
Jeopardy reminded me of a sitcom that I barely heard about but like the premise of: 10 Items or Less, not the Morgan Freeman 2006 movie but a sitcom from 2006 to 2009 about events surrounding a grocery store. First of all, I am almost always at the 10 items or less counter because MJ and I just don't buy all that much stuff anymore.......MAYBE at Costco or Trader Joe's we'll get more than 10 items if it's been awhile, but definitely 15 items or less. And if it's Whole Foods, I literally cannot afford more than 10 items. I went to a Whole Foods hot bar the other day and tried desperately to get the cost down under the $12 or $13 meal I usually get and got it under $10 (making sure not to pick the heavy items like boned chicken that add dead weight to the total) but I was predictably hungry the rest of the day. Having worked at a grocery store as my first job, I'd say it's the correct setting for a sitcom or other type of comedy.... all walks of humanity walking in and out, the food itself can be funny, and the action might spill out in the parking lot; I had plenty of incidents out in the Chicago cold like letting shopping carts slide through the ice and barely catching them before they slammed into a customer's parked car. By the way, Costco cart workers, you guys are slacking! I know some Costcos are the size of football stadiums now and have the parking lot to match, but almost every time I go carts are spilling out of the carousels into the road. Disappointed!
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