Monday Morning Chit Chat - The Sandman Skipped Me Edition

So, is anyone else as tired as I am this morning?  I wasn't able to get to sleep until well after midnight, and even then it seemed like I only dozed lightly.  I didn't even get up to see Shane off to work for the week.  He left around 4:00 a.m., but I just couldn't get up, knowing I'd have to get up again no later than 7:00 to get Kat ready for school.  Christmas vacation and all the snow days have really messed up my sleep schedule.  I need to get back on track with getting up at 6:00 and turning out the light by 11:00.  I feel better when I stick to that schedule.

Shane is out of town again for the week.  But I have a way to keep tabs on him now.  There's a video cam on his job site!  Only problem is that as I type this, the camera seems to have ice or frost on the lens.  It should clear off in a while, though, since it looks like it's sunny in Manhattan, KS, this morning.  If any of you are interested at all, you can check out the job site here.  I'm told the camera runs live during the day, but if the lens is still frosted, you can click on other calendar dates for still shots or run the time lapse of the entire project.  This is what the view from the camera should like like when it's done.  And if you want to know what he's building, you can go to this website to find out.  It should be a fun place to visit...which we plan on doing when it opens in late summer.

So, back to the business at hand.  How was your weekend?  Ours was kind of busy.  A lot has to be done in a short amount of time to get Shane ready to go back to work.  Saturday we spent much of the day running around town -- going to the bank, going to a few stores for necessities, and having lunch.  The rest of Saturday and part of Sunday was spent doing Shane's laundry and getting it repacked, then spending some down time together.  I also took time to do our tax returns.  I did them electronically (for the first time), but I wanted to do them while Shane was home in case there was a signature page I needed to mail in.  I know with some e-filings there is, but we were able to e-sign all of ours.  We'll be getting refunds from Fed, KS and MO, so that will definitely help us out, especially if Shane gets laid off for a while after his current job is done.  Not to mention, I'm just happy that I was able to get those done and crossed off my to-do list early this year.

Not much else happened over the weekend for us, and I'm really hoping for a more normal week this week.  Shane's working, Kat's at school (between snow, a sick day and a holiday, she only went one day last week) and I might actually get something done around around here this week.  I don't have much on my personal calendar this week, but my blog calendar says I have another CSN Store giveaway to post tomorrow.  Stay tuned for that!

Hope all of you have a great week!  Me?  I think I'm headed for a nap.