The Tiredness of Being Grounded

I woke up feeling tired--and why? We spent much of yesterday at our Spartanburg fixer-upper, but we weren't doing the hard-on-the-body work of home remodel. We were there for experts to come and evaluate various systems.Yes, most people do this before buying a property, but we had a sense of what would be needed without needing a home inspector to tell us. Now it's time to figure out a timeline. So yesterday we had a plumbing team and an HVAC guy and an electrician come to the house. It was a lot of waiting.This morning, I thought, yes, it's been a long time since I had to be in a physical location for 9 hours. The visits between experts were spaced out, which was great, since we could give our individual attention to each system under analysis. It was exhausting in the unique way that waiting for home repair specialists is exhausting.Before I went to bed, I took some ibuprofen. Why were my arthritic feet so achy? I have no idea, but they were. They are not as achy today.Now it is…