Why does this always happen?

Every day, I plan all the things I want to get done once the girls are asleep, then I always end up falling asleep myself. Then I wake up 2 or hours later, think to myself, "Man, I'm tired, I should go back to bed.....I'll just check few things on the internets." Then a few hours later, I'll realize that I'm going to be tired tomorrow because I have no intention of going to bed yet. Well, I pretend I'm going to bed...right after this....or this...ok..just a few more minutes...then, Oh crap, it's 3am! Then I start calculating how much sleep I'll get if I go to sleep now...or maybe at an even number...or quarters of the hour...

This is what I say I'm going to do every night:

1. Knit a little, so I can finish a project for once. (Current project: A pig for Lydia. I've never knit a toy before...I've never knit anything but square/rectangular things, so I'm excited to see the end result.)

2. Work out. I bought myself a workout video and did it the first night it came in the mail. It's fun and the lady seems to be insane, but who has the energy for working out at 9pm after the kids are asleep? Not me. This is taking enough out of me.


3. Write little notes to friends/family to keep in touch. Everyone loves mail, right? So I bought cute little note cards that required a little assembly, did that while watching a movie and they've sat on the side table for about a week and half waiting fr me to write the notes inside. I'll get around to it...tomorrow..

4. Check e-mail, look at my regular websites, tool around a bit on the internets. No problemo!


Ok, I can get 5 hours of sleep....right after I check one more thing....