Sleep versus Chores
Feb 14th, 2006 by Alex
It’s 10:30 at night and I’m having a senior moment, deciding whether or not to go to bed now.
I’m not particularly tired and there are certainly things that I could be doing. Reading the last few days worth of mail, or clipping last weekend’s coupons from the paper, or even making myself lunch for tomorrow. There are also things that I ought to have done days ago, like scrubbing the non-dishwashable dishes.
The younger part of me is thinking just take care of those things now (you pansy) and be done with it. True, it won’t take long. The old fart in me is looking at the clock and thinking gee it’s getting late. Sleep versus chores. Beauty rest versus housekeeping. Working a bit now versus working a bit more later.
On the one hand, several days of dirty dishes are piled up in the sink. By now they are pretty nasty, even though they’ve been soaking. On the other hand, I did take out the garbage and recycling in time for tomorrow’s pickup. So that’s cleaning up somewhat. Is that good enough?
If I go to sleep now, that’s nine and a half hours before the alarm will go off. Now that’s appealing to me.
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