Still tired, it seems

Last night I planned to post in bed but my internet wasn't working. Rather than fix (alas this is a frequent problem with my laptop. Happily nearly always fixed by rebooting) I decided to go to sleep and write in the morning. That was 11pm. I finally woke up at 12.30pm – 13.5 hours sleep – I suppose I must have been tired. So today you will get 2 mini-posts

Monday, 29^th November

Woke up well before the lark at 5.30, at 6.30 decided no more sleep would come and got up, had a bath, washed my hair, got dressed, had breakfast, unloaded the dishwasher, cleaned the fireplace, lit the fire (first of the season), got the papers, got milk, read most of the Irish examiner, paid my road tax. ALL BEFORE 9AM.

The rest of the day was not quite as busy but there was still quite a bit done – checked car (fixed, but still quite damp inside from its time exposed to the elements), bought flowers with my mother, delivered the flowers with my mother (difficult as we didn't know the address), went grocery shopping, cooked dinner (roast pork), washed up.

Monday was also supposed to be the day I started my job hunt but apart from one phone, there was very little done.

Tuesday 30^th November

The day started late even by my lax standards. It was almost 3 by the time I was up, dressed, fed and ready to face the day. It had snowed in Cork during the morning and the snow was still on the ground. Since the rest of the country has been under snow for days it was nice to join in. Also the temperature didn't seem as low as it had the previous days.

After making dinner (beef stew) I drove to see a friend. It was my first time driving my car since my return. It took quite a bit of time to start as I had to wait for the ice inside the car to thaw before driving. However the actual driving was fine. My gear has been sticking for a while but it didn't seem as bad as I remember.

Also quite some work done on the "secure gainful employment" front. I applied for some jobs and bookmarked some others. I'm still hoping the lottery works out for me, though J