There is a list of things grown up ladies do before bed,

but I find it very hard to do these things because I hit a point where I'm too tired to actually get off the couch and I'm sitting here all sweaty and thirsty and exhausted and really I should just get up and go to bed but that requires GETTING UP and that is a problem because except for the sweaty thirsty exhausted thing I'm pretty comfortable right here and The Big Band Years is on PBS and I keep thinking I'll get up after the next song, but I have a special place in my heart for big band music (maybe because my mother was touring with a big band while she was pregnant with me? who knows. Anyway-) and that's the thing about about PBS, there are no commercials so when the hell are you supposed to get up without missing something? I have to get OFF THE COUCH because there is a list a mile long of "Before bed" crap you have to do as a grownup;

-Find anything perishable that you will be really pissed if you wake up in the morning to find still sweating on the counter (like the time you left the milk out. that was some VERY bitter coffee you had to drink.)

-While you're up putting the perishables away, you may as well turn off any excessive lights, even though the switch is waaaaay over there. Al Gore would appreciate it.

-Wash off all your makeup and moisturize. Nobody wants wrinkles. Or a breakout.

-Find something that isn't the clothes you've been wearing all day (Okay, since yesterday) to sleep in. You will be so much more comfortable.

-Same goes for your bed... you love that bed. You always sleep better in it. The couch tilts funny and is squashed in the middle.

I would go bed right now, but I'm SO TIRED and my bed is ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. So I'll sit here and type a blog entry instead of getting up and going to it. Responsible!