What Was I Thinking?

Seriously, what was I thinking is the question I am asking again and again.

A guilty pleasure is that what some call it? Addiction? Reliving my youth? Whatever you term it this morning, it was NOT good! I am trying to off set the ramifications with a double sized cup of coffee!

SO, time to fess up!

I am addicted to video games! There you have it, out in the open. I need HELP!

If you have been following my blog for any length of time, then you know the ONE and ONLY Christmas gift I received from my family was a Nintendo DS! In fact, a highlight from Christmas break was connecting with Carter's (age 7) DS to chat and seeing if we could help Sponge Bob ward off the creatures of the water world.

After wrapping up the necessary office work, phone calls, homework, and tucking the babes in bed my pearlized pink 'compact' was calling my name! I snuggled under the comfort of my quilt and 'let the games begin'.

Each level proved more challenging than the next and before you knew it I was already to level 9! Each time before the stylus clicked ok to advance to a new level I said to myself, 'OK this is the LAST one!'

Hmmm, I believe I said that at least 5 times! When the kink in my neck need some adjusting, I peaked at the clock.

1:00 AM! WHAT!

Panic struck and the thought of breakfast, back packs, and buses raced through my thoughts!

WHAT WAS I THINKING!

I instantly ceased fire, powered down, and was determined to fall asleep IMMEDIATELY!

IMMEDIATELY? Right! with crosswords, word search, and anagrams racing through my head, apparently the rest of my brain had not yet caught up to it's last thought. So there I laid with S, T, D, R, A, E, I O, U forming new words not yet in Websters! Obviously I had gone against every sleep manual know to man kind and was I going to pay for it!

Who knows what time my brain finally caught up to that panic thought. I gave up trying to mix numbers and letters, stimulating more activity.

What I do know was this annoying buzzing sound in the distance at 6:30 AM! O! yeah my alarm!

The slightest thought of battling the next warrior or solving the next word search was the farthest from thought. All I could think was 'What Was I Thinking?'

So I sit here this morning, coffee in hand, kids to school, eyes HEAVY, body sluggish, staring at a list of 40 women to call, writing a new page for my web site, chicken chili to get in the crock pot, processing last nights networking meeting, a BB game, and O! yeah..a workout!

Seriously! What WAS I thinking?