So, per the fact that within 15 minutes of coming home from work Friday, I passed out on top of my bed, fully dressed in work clothes and stayed there, motionless, for the next 15 hours…it would seem that I’m “tired.” I’ve heard of this “tired” before and have mostly managed to avoid too much contact. Not sure what exactly brought on this bout of “tired,” so I looked at my typical evening routine to see if I could cut something out.

But everything I do after work seems really really necessary. I mean, take a look at a typical evening for The Oreo Experience. Really not sure what I could possibly do without.

• Leave Work
• Gym: Zumba, Boxing or Step (yes, I am a fiery retiree, why?) depending on what’s avail
• Feed cats
• “Cook” dinner
• While dinner gets a little too cold for yumminess, anxiously decide if I should read the industry-related book Monster, nurture my growing love for Philip K. Dick and read Dr. Bloodmoney or watch The Biggest Loser (will save episode of Intervention for post-dinner wine)
• Eat cold dinner too quickly
• Fret over whether or not dinner was big enough to eclipse the workout I just had
• With self-esteem all nice and low, look at facebook pictures of 1 or 2 ex-boyfriends
• Do yoga DVD to relax and revive self-worth
• Look up (again) the name of the studio who makes those yoga DVDs and make a mental note to send an email of support.
• Remember that I also need to write two thank you notes
• Decide not to write the thank you notes. Instead, put “write thank you notes” on tomorrow’s to do list
• Review 1st quarter goals and check against 2012 general goals
• Go to productivity website to check on that one article
• Look up other productivity websites to see if they’d be more helpful
• Look at clock, decide to get in bed in the next 10-15 minutes
• Clean cat box
• Wash dishes from dinner
• Rub sore muscles from work out.
• Take hot shower
• Decide to start taking better care of nails.
• Realize that obvious acts of self love still make me feel tender
• Watch this Tim Minchin video
• Stop crying.
• Look at 1 or 2 more ex boyfriends on facebook
• Wonder if having 4 facebookable boyfriends makes me a harlot and why I never look up the ex-h
• Stop crying.
• Watch this Tim Minchin video
• Watch Act I or II of PBS’s version of Company.
• Look up Raul Esparza’s wikipedia page
• Wonder if I could date a guy who was openly bi sexual and if I couldn’t, if that makes me a bad person
• Watch this video of sloths
• Look at tomorrow’s work calendar
• Set alarm clock for 5:30 a.m.
• Re-write morning to do list
• Watch this video of aerial hoop fantasticness
• Stretch
• Look up circus arts classes again. Decide not to register tonight, put “register for circus arts classes” on tomorrow’s to do list
• Lie down
• Break up cat fighting
• Read one chapter of The Artist’s Way
• Make list of things that make me happy
• Price Troxel helmets and riding habits
• Watch some puissance videos
• Stretch
• Look at ING accounts and re-jigger budgets
• Wikipedia “jigger” to see if it’s one of those sneaky mean works like “gyp”
• Put on cuticle oil
• Lay down on bed with fingers splayed so cuticle oil can dry and watch Modern Family episode
• Find and graph Modern Family scripts online
• Google myself to see if finaling in script contest still comes up
• Check youtube comments
• Stop crying
• Set alarm clock for 6:15 a.m.
• Fill 45-oz bottle with water
• Rummage around for mouth-guard
• Drink 3/4 of the water
• Watch Intervention
• Bathroom
• Lay down and put The Core on very quietly
• Bathroom
• Switch from The Core to affirmation records
• Wonder if that conversation meant what I thought it mean
• Take Melatonin
• Stretch
• Bathroom
• Set alarm clock to 6:45 a.m.
• Plan and write out rebuttal for that conversation
• Dig up old emails to dudes to see if communication skills have improved
• Bathroom
• Relax with in the bed yoga
• Think about how awesome it would be to go kayaking on Saturday morning
• Watch kayaking videos
• Watch hand-balancing videos
• Hope that someone asks me to go see Cirque du Soleil or Billy Elliot
• Chastise self for silly girlie thoughts
• Remember “Dating Myself” essays
• Add “pitch ‘Dating Myself” essays” to tomorrow’s to do list
• Stop cat Bobbie from eating plastic
• Wake up cat Marilyn because her wake up meow is hilarious
• Snuggle both kitties
• Wonder if snuggling kitties or taking Step Class makes me seem more like an old
• Become embraced by the sound of stereo purring
• Remember what I really wish I would have said during that convo
• Wonder if this list would make a worth blog post
• Find tomorrow’s to do list and add zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzXZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
• Wake up at 7:15. Rinse. Repeat.

Seems very reasonable to me.

What’s your evening routine like? Too much? Too little? Let us know in the comments!