The advantage of waking at 4am

Today I woke up at 4am and despite my best attempts could not go back to sleep. I got up before 6am. Since then I’ve…

• Gone to the gym
• Made breakfast
• Baked brownies
• Done all my dishes from the past week
• Washed three loads of laundry
• Gone out for coffee…twice
• Posted a package at the USPS
• Walked to the downtown hardware store and back three times
• Driven to and browsed two other hardware stores in town
• Labeled all the breakers in the circuit box
• Replaced the light socket in the main lighting fixture in the kitchen
• Walked 16,605 steps, according to the trusty pedometer.

And it’s only quarter of two. I ought to run to Trader Joe’s, fill the tank in the car, fold and put away the laundry and get some office work done before taking a shower and heading in to San Francisco to meet the Albertellis at 5:30 for dinner and a They Might Be Giants concert, but I doubt I’ll actually do more than TJs, fill-up and shower in that time. Let’s hope I can stay awake long enough to enjoy the show tonight.