I Need To Renew My Driver's License and Thoughts About Sleep

On Wednesday night (or early Thursday, depending on viewpoint), I awakened at 2:00 am and simply couldn't get back to sleep. So all day yesterday I was operating on empty - like a zombie. Not a good thing. I decided, since today is a "day off", I would treat myself to a bit of a "lie in" - an extra two hours of sleep, so I set my alarm for 5:00 am instead of my usual 3:00 am. Although I did wake up in the wee hours as usual, I spoke firmly to myself and turned over for my additional sleep time. I actually slept until my alarm went off, then had a very enjoyable and relaxing hour of meditation (and a few phone solitaire games) before heading off to the shower. I feel much more human today, and am ready to tackle my Friday errands and cooking. 

I tend to be a person who burns the candle from 
both directions type. Every once in a 
while I crash and burn. It was nice to have that 
happen the day before I had a day off on a 
non-swimming day. I took advantage and 
grabbed an additional 2 hours of sleep. 

After much internal debate, I've decided to make chili for dinner today. It's Friday, so it's a fish day, but that will give me my meals for the rest of the week. I'll also bake my salmon this afternoon. I don't mine having cold salmon for my dinner - cold or hot, salmon is always delicious. DH will need the oven when he gets home from work for his fish tacos, so I'll leave it for him to use. 

My driver's license is expiring soon, and I need to 
make an appointment to get a new one. It makes 
no sense to just renew the standard license, I need 
one of the two enhanced versions below to board 
a plane, and I'll be flying to New York in August. 

I have to get my things in line to renew my driver's license. I could just do the standard renewal, but that makes no sense. I'll be flying to New York this Fall and I'll need the enhanced license to get onto the plane, so I'll make that happen. I have everything I need (since we actually found my social security card when we were cleaning out a "junk" drawer last year). Now to go on-line today and set up an appointment at my local Licensing Office and get it done. I'll also have to get a passport at some point, but I don't need that urgently, so I can just deal with one minor crisis at a time - LOL. 

My passport expired decades ago. I haven't needed one 
since Sharon and I went to England together for an nice, 
extended trip through the country. We had a blast! It was 
SO much fun driving all over the countryside. It took 
me a couple of days to get used to driving on the "wrong" 
side of the road, but I learned what I was doing and 
we managed to get from Point A to Point B. Since I 
want to go to Egypt, I'll need a new passport. 

So today will be filled, even though I have very little specific on my agenda. Of course, it's already almost 7:00 am, so it's time for me to get my act in gear, eat my breakfast "toast" and head out to the grocery store. I need ground beef for my chili, but really need very little else, so today will be a quick and inexpensive trip over there. Have an excellent day today, enjoy your Friday, and of course - Slava Ukraini. I'll be back tomorrow.