Overclocked

I feel like my whole system has been sped up lately.

For the last few weeks I've been sleeping less than usual, and waking up before the clock goes off. I've seemed especially sensitive to both caffeine and alcohol. I've lost five or more pounds without meaning to, and am down around 125 again (good for acro). My sex drive has been up.

Weirdest of all, I've gotten my period way early... this one and the last one came only 18 days apart. The two before that were 26 days apart, and I was annoyed enough over that. What's happening?

I hope this fluctuation isn't a sign of something really bad, like my thyroid spinning out of control. What I'm feeling doesn't match up with the hyperthyroidism symptoms I can find online, though (loss of libido? um, no).

Free and clear

We sent off a wire transfer for $70K and change this morning, and with that our mortgage is officially paid off. And with that, I'm debt free for the first time since this day in early 2004 when we closed on our first condo.

As most of you know, I hated being in debt, so this is awesome. Owning our home free and clear means my required expenses (and heisenbug's) just dropped through the floor; there's really only property tax and utilities and food, now, if it were to really come down to it. Of course, it hasn't come down to it. In real life I will be pleased to continue my discretionary spending (circus school!), and I'm just going to increase my savings rate by the amount of my old mortgage payments and be pleased at having one less transaction to participate in every month. Real life... it's not so bad, some days.