Sometimes I wonder how I manage to still be awake at 1:30 a.m. I don't set out to stay up late. In fact I tell myself that I am going to get to bed early but very rarely does that actually happen. I decide to check my email, and then read a couple of blogs and then I should probably do a post and the next thing you know it's the wee hours of the morning and I'm not in bed. The only real problem with this is that I sleep till the afternoon and thus never get anything done during the day that needs to be done during the day. Little things like laundry, cleaning, running errands. Each day I say tomorrow will be different, but if I don't get 8 hours of sleep I am miserable the next day. And thus it's one endless cycle.

Enough whining. My roommate and I bought our Christmas tree today. It's actually the smallest tree I have ever had, but it fits nicely in our apartment without eating the whole room so it's great. The only real disappointment is that it's not a fraser fir. They are my favorite type of Christmas tree and it's what I have always bought. Unfortunately the lot near our house was out of them and it's too much work to try and cart a tree home from too far away. Fraser firs are also more expensive so I didn't mind saving the money. I'll take pictures tomorrow and show you before and after. I am actually excited about having a tree. It's the first time I have had a tree since 2001 and it's the first time I have ever had a roommate that actually wanted to participate in the tree experience.