What I thought I needed was a regular day, just to get caught up on the normal work I do every week, so that I can move on from there to the big deadline stuff. It turns out that wasn’t what I really needed at all. Apparently what I needed was a day when I finally got so exhausted that I didn’t feel guilty about taking a nice long nap in the middle of the afternoon.

So that’s what I did. And tonight I feel as if I can take control of things tomorrow and get about half the stuff done that I need to do by the end of the month. That’s probably not going to happen, but it’s how it feels tonight. I even worked until 9:30 pm on Kennel payroll, so that the employees can get their checks before the three-day weekend instead of waiting until Tuesday. But I’m not telling you about that to show you what a great guy I am. I just wanted to illustrate how much better I feel about life, the universe and everything, after a simple two-hour nap.

Or maybe it was three.

This doesn’t mean tomorrow will be easy or productive or (I shudder to utter) both, but it makes it possible, at least. It usually depends on how the day starts. If the Boss doesn’t phone me before noon, that’s a good way to get the day going. If he takes the whole day off, it can be even better.