Working, chasing squirrels, and sitting in the sun

Thus far it has been a week of lists, emails, contracts, layout adjustments, essays, homework, and chores. I've been running on high energy and getting lots of stuff done. It is fun to start the day with a long list of tasks and to check them off by mid-afternoon. It is also tiring. Days like these tend to run long and so I end up short on sleep.

Today this meant that my brain fizzled out by 1 pm and I lay down for a nap. Unfortunately, fizzled out is not at all the same as relaxed. I ...