When I participated in Blogathon over the weekend, it had been three years since the last time and I forgot how much of a toll it takes. I finished my 24 hours of posting at 9 am on Sunday, and got to bed by 10 am. I wasn’t able to sleep very well at first because Breanna kept running in to see me, but eventually she was ready for a nap herself – no kidding, since she had been up from 4:15 am until 6:30 am herself. We both slept way too late, until 4:45 Sunday afternoon and I spent the rest of the day feeling extremely groggy.

I made the simplest supper in the world since I was lethargic – baked beans and toast, gourmet chef I am! – and managed to wake up a bit by cleaning up the kitchen. Breanna’s sleep schedule was off and she ended up not falling asleep until she literally passed out mid-conversation about Elmo at about 10 pm. I came out to the living room and found George and Hayley had pulled out the couch and were watching Night at the Museum. I was so ready for bed but I was also nauseous from being hungry – the beans had been the only thing I had eaten since my 5 am chocolate bar. I made a light snack of cheese and crackers and had a cup of tea. I was in bed by 10:30 and I think I was likely asleep by 10:31. I didn’t wake up until 4 when I had to turn off the A/C which was spitting ice into the bedroom, and then I was back to sleep until 8:30 Monday morning.

I was still really out of it for most of yesterday, going through the motions and doing all of my work on auto-pilot and sluggishly doing housework. I got a second wind after I put the kids to bed and stayed up until a little past midnight. You’d think I would have gone to bed earlier, but really that just basically reset my inner clock to “normal”. You know, whatever normal means.

I don’t regret it though. I’m glad it only happens once a year because I don’t think I would be up for it more often than that. Also, next year I might seriously consider doing a group effort instead so as to balance it out better. I know I would have enjoyed writing over at PotterThon, for instance (no, no spoilers over there).

I’m just glad that I feel reasonably awake today though.