I remember fondly my college days.  Back then I could stay up until all hours of the night, catch a couple of hours of sleep, make it to class and then do it all over again the next night.  Those were the days.  Back before my body started to betray me and demand more and more time to recoup between physical exertion. 

I never really feel like I’m getting old until I go through a week like last week.  In my mind I am an eternal 32 years old.  But my body disagrees.  Last week we were extremely busy both with catering and in the market.  The Husband and I were arriving at work around 5:00 am and staying until 6 or 7 pm every night trying to keep up with the orders.  And to finish off the week we catered a party for 283 people Friday night. 

Now don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that we are busy.  In fact, when we’re not busy I tend to sit around and pout about not being busy.  But the hectic pace of the week and the lack of sleep really caught up with me this weekend.  Can you really call it a nap when you get up, eat breakfast, and then go back to bed for 4 1/2 hours?  What if you then get up, fix lunch for the family, eat and then feel the need for yet another “nap”?  Apparently, gone are the days when my body could snap back with a quick “power nap”.  Now it seems that I must make up every lost hour of sleep in order to be a fully functioning human being.  My mind may feel like a 32 year old’s but my body is definitely betraying my true age.

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