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At the end of each day we'd collapse in our beds, feeling -- to employ a term coined eons ago by a friend -- "deliciously tired." And within seconds we'd be socializing with the Sand Man. Trouble was, through the entire holiday, I had this wacky thing going on wherein I'd Performing and Visual Arts School Extended Hours available on request - Ages 3-14 wake up at 5 a.m. and be so unbelievably wide awake, I'd just get up and start my day. Which, of course, had me losing altitude by mid-afternoon. And practically in a coma by dinner. · Specialty Camps · Competitive Dance · Intensive Music & Art In case you're not as convinced as I am that · Boys Only Camps · Before & After Child Care · End of Week Performances the universe is just messing with everyone, · Small Group Sizes · Camera Viewing of all Studios · Friendly Qualified Instructors consider: over the course of the entire holiAsk Us About Arts Summer Camps day -- with no cursed alarms to roust me -- I never slept in past ve. On Monday, the rst day of getting back to work, the alarm jolted me out of a sound sleep 1-2301 Royal Windsor Dr., Mississauga www.studiopavas.com studiopavas@sympatico.ca at 6:30. Arghhhh. Filling festive downtime with addictive Downton Abbey That's T Life he holidays are over. We're back at work. And yet our house continues to live in the past -- still festooned with the festiveness of Christmas Past, still looking like it's ready to receive more guests even while remnants of the last wave of revelers remain. Which is to say that we seem to have lost the ability, certainly the inclination, to engage in a thorough post-holiday clean-up, to get the decorations down and properly proceed with this crazy little thing called 2015. We had a wonderful holiday. 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