House shopping at 3 a.m.

I woke up thinking about where I want to live when my house sells. There are so many good places to live in and around Austin, but the reality is that I have always wanted to live closer into central Austin,.  The question is, what am I willing to sacrifice more of ?  If I move further out, like I am now in Cedar Park, I sacrifice my time on the road and mileage on the car, since I seem to be driving into town at least a couple of times a week.   If I live closer in, I sacrifice square footage because it costs more.  The reality is that I don't need the 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms and 2 living areas I have now. More square footage equals more opportunity to accumulate crap. I'm good at that!

The market is ripe and I'm anxious to start visiting houses. The hard part for me is waiting until my house lists (next week or so) and sells. It should sell fast, but there's no way to tell for sure.

Also stuck in my mind is that awful "What does the fox say" YouTube video. Brayden watched it too many times when he was with me and now it is stuck in my head.  In case you're one of the 3 people in America who hasn't seen it by now, here you go:  What does the fox say???

And those are the ramblings of this insomniac at 3:30 on a Sunday morning!

Wide awake on Xmas eve

Damn insomnia!  Can't fall asleep tonight. Maybe I'm just busy worrying how Santa will leave me gifts if I have no chimney. Usually I can fall asleep but not stay asleep. Tonight I'm wide awake after trying to fall asleep for 2 hours.  So maybe I will stay asleep once I get there?

Too much on my mind tonight - both big things (preparing my house to sell so I can find a one story) and not so big stuff (stuff I need at after Christmas sales on Thursday).  Also I tend to worry about things I cannot control but would like to. Sigh.

The once in a blue moon good night's sleep

You know how when you see gas for under $3/gallon, you get excited now, when in reality that's still a ridiculous price to pay?  Well I had that same feeling when I woke up in the dark again - but I got really excited when I saw that it was 5:30 and not 2 a.m.  After going to sleep at 11 pm, that gave me 6 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep - that's HUGE for me.  I was so excited that I actually got up and went to the gym at 6:00.  

It turns out that 6 a.m. is the perfect time at the Y because the 5 a.m. crowd is leaving but the retired and stay at home mom crowds aren't there yet.  There were maybe 3 other people left by 6:15 and all of the equipment was wide open.  No doubt that will change after next week, when all of the new year's resolutions bring more people in, at least temporarily.  Until then, I'll hope for more nights of 6+ uninterrupted hours of sleep so I can be at the gym by 6:00

When my brain won't shut down for the night

I have a busy brain - it usually doesn't like to rest for a full 6-8 hours in a row.  No matter what time I go to bed, I'm typically wide awake starting somewhere around 2 or 3 AM.  These episodes of awakeness last anywhere from 2-3 hours, which is not fun.  I'm usually too lazy to get up and do anything, which makes the time pass slower, so I thought, why not use this time to blog and clear my head.  We'll see where this takes me as I go.