but first, coffee.

What is wrong with me?  Let's get into that...

For one, I was never a coffee drinker.  I couldn't stand the way it tasted. It smelled awful on people's breaths. When did I decide to say, "suck it up, Alissa... you'll get over that awful taste and soon love the taste of coffee." ????

Not that I'm really complaining because I seriously {heart} my Keurig machine. I love my flavored creamers. Current fave right now is Coffee-Mate's Pumpkin Pie Spice. I could drink coffee the moment I roll out of bed or right before I crawl into bed at night. It doesn't have that effect on me where it wires me and keeps me up. Honestly, I think it's a mind over matter thing, but that's my opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Coffee just doesn't give me that jolt of energy but I still need to drink it. It's like a drug. A yummy, hot, delicious drug. Mmmmm!

 Sleep. I require so much more sleep than I have ever needed. I need a nap every.single.day. I can fall asleep anywhere. I wasn't always like that. If the kids were loud or the TV was on, I found it nearly impossible for me to sleep. Now, I can almost guarantee that by 3 o'clock everyday you will find me starting to drift. My eyelids start to get very heavy. My energy level is zero. Get me a blanket and pillow and watch me doze off into dreamland.

Today, I took a nap in C's room. I played it off as if she was telling me to sleep -- which, she was. She put the velour blanket on top of me, surrounded me with all of her little stuffed animal friends and barbie dolls and snapped at me, "Mommy, go to sleep!" every time my eyes would open. Who was I to argue with that? You want me to sleep -- no problemo!

So, off to sleep I went at 1:30 in the afternoon -- listening to a Barbie Christmas CD (C's music of choice).

What is wrong with me? Where did my energy go? I love to sleep, but when I've lost my energy to even tend to my kids - I feel like I've got a serious problem. *sigh* So, here I sit, blogging, with my coffee... but in all honestly, I'd rather be curled up on the couch with a blanket (this chilly, windy weather doesn't help much).