February 1st. Hmmm. I got maybe four hours of sleep this morning. This month is off to ...seems silly to repeat it. Good grief. To say I'm tired would be putting it mildly. When in this state, it is hard to process information, in other words, it's extremely difficult for me to write. Which then … Continue reading Another Rocky Start
Two O’Clock in the Morning
So there I lay, restless, mind chatter beating the silence into submission. There is work to be done, money to be spent, planning to turn into action. I had been running on impulse power as it was; hoping to take the last two weeks of 2015 off from the side hustle in order to rest … Continue reading Two O’Clock in the Morning
Insomnimaniac
My fellow MAPW Creatives understand... 🙂 Another wonderful piece from my grad school cohort. Source: Insomnimaniac
4:00 in the Morning
It's been a minute since I've found myself wide awake at this time of the morning. My alarm is set to go off in two and half hours. That's not going to be enough time even if I were to fall asleep right this second. Which I'm not. Sigh. I had a Dr. Pepper around … Continue reading 4:00 in the Morning
I haven’t slept through the night consistently for 21 years, so far
Cruel twist of parenthood - at least for me. That habit of waking every so many hours to feed the micro-human (as well as diaper changes, chasing out the monsters after a stray nightmare or two, etc.) remains intact despite said micro now being into the macro stages. Long about the twelfth year or so … Continue reading I haven’t slept through the night consistently for 21 years, so far
Well I’ll be Pooped. (Another quickie)
Another freaking, eyes-wide-open moment. Can you guess what time it is? That's right boys and girls, FREAKIN' three o'mutha-truckin'-clock in the God Blessed morning. (insert a stream of profanity so blue the clearest, summer skies you've ever seen would be jealous). Sigh.