Sleeping on the couch? Janie, you are caught in two vicious cycles. One is that you aren't getting proper rest and so you don't have enough energy. The other is that during sleep, the brain organizes itself. If you are sleep-deprived, you forget things and make mistakes the next day.

I'm esp. worried that you might fall asleep at the wheel someday -disaster!

But don't despair, I have two suggestions.

1. Go to this site

http://www.volksmusiknet.ch/

and click on musik-radio.

It will play lively, joyful and creative Swiss music for you. I'm being perfectly serious here. I find that when I have a real mess to clean up, that playing that music energizes my whole body. It's amazing what I can get done.

So play the music and get that bed cleared off.

2. You don't have to do it right. Don't worry about filing the stuff, boxing it or distributing it. Just stick it somewhere, anywhere. In laundry baskets, in handle bags (gasp!) or on the back porch.

Just get your bed back, get some real sleep, and be safe.