If all else fails

Wednesday night:
9:45 p.m. - go to bed with a pounding headache
11:17 p.m. - wake up, head still hurting, can't fall back to sleep
11:18 p.m. to 4:48 a.m. this morning - lay in bed and think about my YW's activity. Start creating trivia questions for my version of CASH CAB and dividing my questions into dollar values. Make a mental note to ask Marshall to help me come up with the double or nothing video bonus question.
- ask myself how much longer I'm going to put off getting new carpet in my home. Ask myself why there is no such thing as a money tree. Without it, I talk myself out of doing the high end carpet throughout the house. Try to come up with other alternatives. Make a mental note to call the carpet guy and ask him for some other ideas.
- think about getting started on redoing the backyard. Huge job. Fix the stucco, paint, take down the pool fence, put in pavers, put in a fireplace, find a way to bring the pool and new patio together as one new cohesive area. Make a mental note to go to the HGTV website and find a design show that could do it for me - on a budget of course.
- get out of bed and watch HGTV from 12:30 to 2:00
- back in bed and think of ways to rearrange the pictures on my wall leading to the kitchen. Oh yeah, I could use the long, skinny shelves that I took down in my bedroom. Make a mental note to check on my supply of black paint and start keeping Michael's ads for a 40% discount on three new frames. I'm actually giddy about this one.
- check the clock to see if six hours have past so I can take more drugs. Not yet.
- think about driving to Utah for the 4th of July. Begin dreading the drive already. Start planning what we will do on each day. First will be a visit to my mom.
- Oh yeah, Girls Camp. Start planning how I am going to loose 10 pounds in a month. Make a mental note to pull out that Turbo Jam and Pilate's DVD. Maybe my kids will do it with me. Kick myself repeatedly for ordering a size "L" camp shirt - why didn't I get an XL??? Large - my eye! Remember to check Craig's List for a screaming deal on a treadmill.
- listen to my sweetheart's soft snoring
- look at the clock, it's 4:48 a.m.
- I command myself to turn off my brain and I begin my "if all else fails" routine of relaxing my body starting at my toes and working my way up. If I do it correctly, I never get past my kneecaps.

It worked. But you probably don't want to talk to me today.