Saturday was my daughter’s 24th birthday. I had to sit and wait for a delivery most of the day then I had to rush to the store to get a cake and a part of her birthday present before picking up a friend to drive across town to meet my daughter and her friends for dinner. Once we made it to the restaurant we were greeted by my daughter telling us there was a 90 minute wait for a table (she hadn’t listened to me and made the reservation on the restaurant’s website). Breathing a sigh of relief, I settled in for the wait and the dinner. It ended up not being as long of a wait and dinner was more than worth it!
After leaving the restaurant, I headed toward home but had to drive my friend home first. She had come along to keep me company in case I was left out of the loop. My friend doesn’t have a car so she doesn’t get out much so it was a nice outing for her, too. Before dropping her off I asked if she wanted to stop by the house for a few minutes so she could see where I lived. She hadn’t ever been here even though I’ve known her for some months. So I drove home.
We got to talking and Paula, my friend, started to tell me about the year she spent working and traveling in Europe. Before I knew it I was yawning. I wasn’t bored. I was just really tired. It had been a long week and a long day. She kept talking. I kept listening. After she finished with Madrid, I went down the hall to the bathroom, I glanced at the clock and told her it was after 4 am! It was so late that we figured she should just stay in the guest room and I’d take her home the next day. By the time I got her settled in the guest room, it was after 5.
I woke up at 7:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep. I stayed in bed for a while but didn’t sleep. I finally got up and made coffee and a while later, Paula was up too. We went to a late breakfast then I took her home. When I got back, I was so exhausted that I walked in, sat on the couch and couldn’t move for about 45 minutes. I just couldn’t think clearly enough to figure out if I wanted to go to the bedroom and lie down for a bit or just curl up on the couch. Eventually, I turned on a DVD and curled up on the couch but didn’t sleep.
On Monday my daughter called me early and woke me up. I couldn’t get back to sleep after hanging up. So I spent Monday as a “space case”. It’s just today, Tuesday, that I am feeling more like myself.
I need my rest.
I’m just too old for this.
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights 
Wow. You pulled an all-nighter!
I know exactly what you mean, being too tired to decide on any course of action. You must be a light sleeper if you couldn’t get back to rest after the phone call.
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I haven’t done that in ages! I doubt I could have stayed up til 5. There’s just no way.
Hmm… I hope you weren’t yawning when we were out! I can’t remember. Were you?
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Pan…you have never made me yawn! 😉
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I don’t do well when my sleep schedule is disrupted, either … I don’t think that kind of thing has to do with age so much as natural bodily rhythms. Some people deal better than others with schedule upheavals.
Where did you have dinner?
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Tina picked Claim Jumper out at Bridgeport Village or whatever that shopping center is called. Her second choice was Cheesecake Factory but we went with choice number one. Food was really good and the service was exceptional.
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Omg! When we went to Leslie’s wedding last month, we kept getting turned around on the ride back to the hotel, and my brother, his girlfriend and I were cutting up about this place we kept seeing called ‘Claim Jumper’.
We were like… wtf? Claim jumper? Is that supposed to be a restaurant? Who was at *that* concept meeting.
I’d never heard of such a place before. I’m really curious now that you’ve given it rave reviews. It’s such an odd name for a restaurant.
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Yes, there’s two of them. The one at Bridgeport Village and one at the Clackamas Town Center. Those are the only two in all of Oregon but coming from California, we were used to going there. Or at least Tina is. I had only been there once before but she had been there with friends. It’s one of her top five restaurants.
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Ick! There aren’t too many things worse than being too tired to sleep.
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