In Conclusion...

Saw my doctor on Friday, and I got diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea.  This means I stop breathing a few times every night while sleeping, and I'm not getting enough oxygen, so I feel sleepy during the day.  I'm supposed to get another call from the sleep specialist this week to sort out the treatment part.  I feel better finally knowing that there's a real reason for all of this.  I used to think it was just stress causing it, but the last year and a half have been the least stressful time of my entire life.
 
I got introduced to this series over the weekend:

I'm also working on The Good Wife, season 6.  Matthew Goode joined the cast late in season 5, and that is an excellent thing, but I'm still mourning Will Gardner.  Sorry to ruin it for you if you're not caught up to me yet.

The Science of Sleep

I may finally have an answer to what sleep disorder I've been having these last few years.  My insurance recently approved a night of sleep study, so I had to sleep with tubes on my face and hand that were attached to a couple little things strapped to my chest.  I had to do this for two nights really, as the first night of testing didn't gather enough data.  I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get confirmation and see what my treatment options are.  After eight or nine months of waiting I'm hoping that I'll start getting real sleep at last!

I'm getting caught up on a lot of little messy tasks from work that have fallen behind over a period of months.  I filed a large stack of legal paperwork and direct debit payment forms.  I also cleared out a file cabinet that I rarely use and found two pairs of shoes that I forgot about!  I don't think I've needed them since early spring anyway.  My sorting project has extended to the workplace at last and I don't have stuff hiding in drawers here anymore.

Space Case Disgrace

I've been having sleep problems on and off for a few years now and I'm finally doing something about it.  I saw my doctor today for my routine checkup and I told her what's been happening, which is that I sleep 5-6 hours straight, then wake up and can't go back to sleep before my alarm goes off.  She is going to put me in a sleep study that I can do at home!  I don't know yet what that entails but someone else has to call me from the clinic about it.  My doctor thinks the sleep thing might be the cause of a couple other minor health issues I've been having, so I have even more reason to look forward to a solution.

As a result of this problem, housework has been neglected and I'm a little cranky.  I really have no business handing out housekeeping advice to anyone under these circumstances.

Did you ever see something that was so amazing that when you thought about it later, you didn't know if you remembered it right?  That's what happened to me and this place I drove by with my sister and my mom about 5 years ago near Madison, WI.  It wasn't just the massive ducttape lettering or the words "beer lube" that grabbed my eyes:

It was the deer lawn ornament that graced the roof of the building:

What?  Is it a "stag" joke?  Take note that the deer is smaller than any one of the letters in "Naughty Novelties".

I wish I got pictures of my own but this was all they had on Google Images.  Sadly, this landmark burned down some time later.  Photographing it then would have involved a lot of awkward explanation to my mom about what I found funny about it, or hearing my mom reading the sign in her Midwestern accent.  Now, I'm not sure what made me think about it today, but didn't this make your day too?