Having Trouble Catching Up

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We got back from Mexico last Wednesday night. As soon as I got home a feeling of dread overwhelmed me. All the emails to catch up on, all the YouTube videos, myLot, etc.. An Open Mic event our writing group has planned for the end of April is something that falls on me as far as registration and inviting past performers. Also, Easter is fast upon us and I have to get all the readers for all the masses from Palm Sunday Saturday to Easter Sunday. It's always a difficult task. Plus the new quarterly schedule for the lectors I usually release on the 15th. Add to that, the last few nights my husband has been having sleep issues he has never had before. He is usually dozing in his recliner by 9pm. Two nights ago he came back down after going to bed at 9:30 and said he felt like he was having a panic attack, that he would start to fall asleep and then felt like he couldn't breathe. He wanted me to come back to bed with him and hold his hand. Well knock me down with a feather! Never in 28 years has he ever wanted to hold my hand to fall asleep. Last night he came down again and asked me to come up after having checked on him an hour earlier. So I have been going to bed much earlier than usual. This can be a good thing but I still have stuff to do. Like I haven't picked up the book I am reading since I returned from Mexico. And even though I am going to bed earlier and falling asleep earlier, I am still sleeping until 11am. I'm not getting any further ahead. While away I slept earlier but also woke up earlier because I slept very well in the tropics. I got almost 10 hours of total sleep last night but my FitBit is showing a heck of a lot of restless/wake up time. My husband is back to work today so maybe a long day of work will help him sleep tonight. I've also had to book appointments with doctor and dentist this week taking away more time from me catching up on stuff. I know when you take a vacation away from work, you come back to a load of work to catch up on. I do NOT work outside the home but I still have tons of stuff to catch up on. I hope things settle down soon otherwise I'm going to be booking myself another vacation. Picture: Hubby and me at a la carte Italian restaurant in Cancun. This particular photo shows the importance of going away together is for me and my husband. So beneficial to our relationship.