Even though Will and I did exactly zero taxing activities yesterday¹ today I find myself completely and totally exhausted.  It’s four o’clock and people? I need a nap.

I meant to get together with Wendy for some lunch and Chick Talk today but Wendy’s daughter has a stomach bug (poor kid) so Wendy and I decided to postpone our “oh my god it’s been so long since we had a chance to really talk!” chick talk until next Monday.

When I realized that I had a completely open Monday afternoon I decided to get some extra work done because, well, nobody ever gets hurt by working ahead right?

Before I could get my extra work done, however, I needed to go to the library to return some books that were almost overdue and to pick up some books that I had requested.  I think you can see where this is going.

People, I have something of a library….problem.  It’s the freeness of the books.  I cannot help but go a tiny bit crazy when I go to the library downtown.  The thing is three stories tall and takes up an entire city block.  It is ginormous and full of good things to read and it is not unheard of for me to go in and come out with so many books that I need extra bags to carry everything home.  Thankfully this time all eight books fit into my backpack but still.  And then, because I was downtown and I was STARVING, I decided to grab some lunch before I came home.

I ate at McDonalds.  It was yummy.  Time will tell whether that was the best or the worst decision of my day.

So…yeah.  I went crazy at the library which meant that my “quick trip”² to downtown was not quick at all.  And while I had plenty of energy walking back from the train (my iTunes’ “shuffle songs” setting is having a rare day of brilliance) as soon as I got inside? I totally crashed.

CRASHED.  Crashed as in, “oh I would turn on the television but reaching for the remote is so hard! And I’m so tired!  And nobody should have to reach that far³ when they are this tired!  I need a nap!  All of this thinking of reaching and my exhaustion has made me even more tired!” Because I? am pathetic when I am tired and crashing.

Here’s the thing: Going to the library was not that hard.  It was actually easier than usual because I looked up all of the topics I wanted to read about first and wrote down the call numbers of the books that looked the most interesting and simply went and found them (as opposed to my usual approach which involves just wandering up and down the stacks and pulling out whatever looks interesting).  McDonalds isn’t that far away from the library (about six or seven blocks) so I didn’t do a lot of extra walking around with a heavy bag.  I got a full night’s sleep last night (I slept so hard I didn’t move at all).

What gives?  Is anybody else having this issue today?  Is it just a “case of the Mondays?”