Productivity before 8 a.m.

Hanukkah is observed for 8 nights and days.  So is my time off from work.  Hanukkah began on Tuesday evening.  My vacation began last night.  I am not Jewish and am not one to make light of religion.  However, I don't think I've ever had 8 consecutive days off from work and not gone anywhere.  So it's a pretty big deal to me.  Plus, instead of getting a gift every night, I will be hiding and wrapping gifts every night.  See all the parallels?  No?

I plan to be very productive and take full advantage of the next 8 days.  So far, this is what I've accomplished today:

• Put different pajamas on Kenzie for school.  We are not out of clean school clothes, it's just pajama day.

• Drank a cup of coffee.

• Discovered that Pippa makes a marvelous table for my laptop while she's sleeping on my lap.  It's the perfect set-up and I can't believe I just now thought of it.  She's warm on my lap (I'm always cold).  The computer is warm on her (cats love to be warm too).  AND, the computer is raised about 6 inches; a much more ergonomic height for typing and browsing.  It's a win-win-win situation.

So far, it's been a very productive morning.  I may not do another thing for the rest of the day.