Couldn't Sleep

I couldn't sleep again last night, only this time it wasn't insomnia.  It was that I drank more caffeine yesterday than I'm accustomed to.  I usually only drink my morning coffee, and a few sips of Diet Dr Pepper with my lunch -- and I do mean a few.  I buy the little 12 oz bottles, and it may take me a whole week just to drink one of them.  

But yesterday, I had one of the big cups full of the stuff at Newk's, then filled my cup up again before I left, so I was drinking it all the way home.  Thus, when I went and laid down in the bed, I just wasn't sleepy.  Tired, but not sleepy, if that makes sense.  So, I opened up my Kindle and finished reading my Song Of Albion trilogy.  

I hadn't intended to finish, just to read a chapter or two until I got sleepy, but once I started reading, I couldn't stop.  Shortly before 1:00 AM, I finished the book, then immediately regretted it because now I'm done and there is no more to read.  Of that trilogy, I mean.  I've got plenty of books.  

In fact, I recently bought the entire Charles Dickens collection on Kindle daily deal, so I might start reading some of those.  And I bought Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee, so that's also a possibility.  I want to re-read To Kill A Mockingbird, too, so I'll do that first. 

In other news, for those of you who have been following the saga of my deep freeze, I'm almost there.  For those of you who haven't, nothing is wrong with it.  I'm just trying to empty it out so I can defrost and clean it really well.  Part of that involves making room in my small freezer, so I can fit more food in there.  It turns out I have a shocking number of those fake ice packs, you know, like you can put into a cooler to go camping with.  

I got all of those out, and once I'd done that, I was able to move the last of the food into the small freezer.  The only thing left in the deep freeze is the snake food and...all of those fake ice packs.  Oh, and a bag of Christmas tree shaped ice that I couldn't quite bring myself to melt.  Now I just need to get myself a big cooler to put all of the snake food into, and defrosting/cleaning can commence.  

Don't envy me my exciting life. 

All that to say, while I was shifting things around in my small freezer, I found some bluebonnet seeds I'd forgotten I even had!

I think I might get my little mini-greenhouse set up one afternoon this week and plant some of them.  Yes, I know you're supposed to plant them in September, but in September I didn't even remember that I had them.  I might try to grow them in pots this time around, since I can't seem to get a stand growing in my yard.  

I also found a bag of mixed fruit I'd bought to make smoothies with, so I made me one with my new immersion blender.  By the way, don't put too much into your cup or you'll be cleaning up a mess.  Ask me now I know. 

And finally, it has been chilly and rainy all day long, but we're about done with the cold for a while.  The local weather station has our lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s and even 70s some days.  Which reminds me, a few days ago, the parent company that owns the station had announce that they were going to lay off all of the local meteorologists from all their stations and replace them with a feed from The Weather Channel in Atlanta. 

This is absolutely the wrong part of the country not to have local weather coverage, and the people of North Mississippi raised such a hue and cry that the parent company backed off.  I hope that means they're keeping the local weather coverage for all their stations, too, but I don't know for sure.  

I do know that when the weather turns rough, the last thing you want is someone 500 miles away trying to walk you through it.