Day After Thanksgiving

Ah, the day after Thanksgiving. The day on which I do NOT go shopping, because I find that particular activity tiring and annoying on even a regular weekend. (I don’t mind shopping during the week, but I’m still good for only three stores that require driving in between, tops. If I’m in a good mood.) But it’s a great day for leftovers.
Despite my plans to not investigate the sales, I woke up at 4:00am. Four. In the morning. Why? I tried to fall asleep for an hour and then gave up and played iPod solitaire for almost another hour (you’d think I’d get bored of it, but no!). I dragged myself out of bed and had some breakfast and contemplated the day’s possibilities. I don’t know about you, but whenever I wake up significantly earlier than expected, I find myself thinking — while still in bed — that I could use the ‘extra’ time to go to the gym and get out of the house. How virtuous. But then I put my feet on the floor and remember what it’s like to be awake after only a few hours’ sleep, and any gym plans go out the window.
I had a very satisfactory pre-lunch nap, however, which got me primed for the real star of the day: the leftovers. I made an outstanding sandwich for lunch with Quorn Turk’y and roasted veggies (it was missing cranberry sauce, but I made do). And later in the afternoon I had a slice of pumpkin pie, which is mandatory.
And then the rest of the day just slipped away, between working on paper houses and going to Mill End Textiles. (All the fabrics were half off! And I needed to get stuff.) I have that strange sensation of today feeling both exceptionally long (having woken up at 4:00) and also puzzlingly truncated (using the end of my nap as a ‘starting’ point).
I had a really excellent dream while I was napping, though. Not much happened, but I had a new home out in the woods/country, so now I know exactly how I should build my house. Hey, the dream-inspired Movable Type upgrade turned out — how much harder can a house be?
p.s. — Oh, frabjous day! On a whim, I went to Hulu’s page for Lost, and they’ve uploaded the remaining episodes from season five. I know what I’m doing the rest of tonight!