Showing posts with label Insomnia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insomnia. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Legacy of Mothers


Monday, October 18, 2010 at 2:53am


Up in the middle of the night with insomnia. Haunted by sadness and loss. I found myself watching the one channel that I could stand. PBS. A documentary came on about an elephant named Echo. A great matriarch who had died. The narrative that went along with the documentary was so well written. So poignant, that it made me think of my own mother. Made me think of my own loss. Made me think of how now was the time for me to demonstrate my knowledge of the lessons that my mother had spent an entire lifetime trying to impart to me. Holding a space for my own greatness. My mother loved me immensely.  

What is the legacy that Echo was passing on? To her own family? And to the people who loved her?At her death from old age at 65, will Echo's immense experience gained by her forebears over centuries, be lost to her family?...The final test of a matriarch, is *how well* she passes on that knowledge. Her family has lost a strong leader and a wise mother. What lasting gifts has she given her children? Will they remember her lessons? The glands at their temples stream with emotion. Echo guided this family for almost half a century...Now they face their greatest challenge -without her.

Thursday, June 16, 2011


Floppy Bunny Mess
I'm going back to work today. My tension is rising. I hope it's fun and good. I had a hard time sleeping last night. I'm not sure when I finally went to sleep. Maybe 4? Strangely in the middle of the night, I am pretty sure I heard someone knock on my front door; I didn't answer it, but I did get up to make sure my mom was ok. Early this morning someone called me but I was in the other room, and I missed the call. It's strange. I have no idea who it was.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Seeing Is Believing

August 3rd, 2009; 10:26 PM

So much randomness drifting through my head tonight...
A. I love my mom. She is the bee's knees and the cats pajamas.
B. Arnica rocks. Thank god I have a new tube especially since my gracefull self really fell hard today. I think I even hit my face on the door a bit..which would explain the bruised feeling in my cheek and the owchy pain in my neck.
C. Bruised faces and knees hurt a whole lot less than the rest of the stuff.
D. Seriously I deserve better than this shit. And I should be mad at myself for choosing to take this crappy behaviour.
E. Sometimes when you take out the trash...you take out AAAaaaaalll the trash.
F. I am guilty of brining home nincompoops. Nincompoops!!!
G. Dodged that bullet.
H. The load is now lighter. I am better off and this makes things easier for me in a lot of ways.
I. What was I thinking!?!!!!???!!!!
J. The monkey threw poo at me AGAIN! Why do I insist on loving a monkey? And why do I seem authentically surprised every time the monkey throws poo at me and acts like a monkey? How else would a monkey act? It's wholly unreasonable of me to not only expect the monkey to behave better, but to *demand* that the monkey treat me better...Hahahahaha...You can use "I statements" until you are blue in the face, but when you're done, the monkey will only do what monkeys do...and throw more poo at you....Monkey's do not give much creedence to namby pamby things like "I statements", "honesty, integrity, and open-hearted-dialogue." Monkeys after all...live in the jungle, and not in homes. They speak a different language than I do...and although there is enough cross-over to occasionally eek out a conversation (oooh oooh ooh eek eee!) anything of depth is beyond the capacity of the monkey. As a human...I should know better.
K. I'm glad I went out.
L. I like Mark's new haircut.
M. The dog made a friend this weekend. Yay!
N. My mom watched over me and made sure that no harm came to me. I love my mom. Even in her infirmed state, she is still my protector. She is my mamma bear. It feels good to have someone love you that much. -So much that they give their all because anything less wouldn't even be a choice that they would *want* to take. I like being cared for. And appreciated. I also like the calm.
O. Bean is the best.
P. I hope Bud feels warm, loved, and relaxed tonight.
Q. Things could always be worse. ...No seriously...they could.... ;-P
R. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
S. Amanda is so adorable. I love her confident, loving spirit!
T. I am going to be OK.
U. I have a job! Ha ha!
V. I have TWO jobs! Hahahahhahahaha!
W. Don't rub it in.
X. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Y. You know you've seen other people do this...where they get all of the clear feedback that they really need to make a good decision...and yet they do not listen...Try applying the requisite law of variety here and just give those people and their "crazy-talk" ideas a chance. Try anything. Try it all! Even if you don't feel it...try on their words for a while and see how it serves you. Perhaps those on the outside have a better vantage point which gives them more clarity and wisdom on this situation. And if you try it and it is not right for you or doesn't actually work...well then at least you are out there actively seeking for solutions, with an open heart and a seeking spirit.
Z. Try sleeping at night. I bet you'll like it.
Z+1. I hate Verdana. But I really like Georgia.

Terrible Two!

June 20th, 2009; 1:46 AM

Current mood:gallant
I should be asleep right now. I have to wake up in 5 hours and get ready for the bike race. Woo hoo! 'S gonna be fun! And hot.And sweaty. And packed with other hot and sweaty fun people. (Just my kind of scene!)  

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Sleep Desired Please

February 26th, 2009; 12:39 AM

Current mood:awake
Up past my bedtime again. 
I am in bed right now. Tapping away at my laptop. I wish I was fully relaxed and ready to sleep. But alas, I have ze insomnia. -Like chronic. 
I was talking with a friend about *his* insomnia...(he doesn't know that I have serious insomnia too..in fact, I doubt he'd ever even guess it with me. Since I'm usually pretty awake and chipper in the morning.) But all of this not sleeping does wear you down. I know that's why I live to sleep on the weekends. -I'm catching up for all of those hours I missed on the weekdays. ...Anyhoo...I suggested valerian (I saw an acupuncturist and chinese herbalist, and they got me started on valerian) it works really well. And he retorted with "I've tried valerian, Ambien works better." It's tough to argue with that. He's probably right. Ambien is a prescription sleep aid. And here I am with my *herbal* remedies...up at midnight again. ...Man...I need something that will knock me out...just not something that will knock me out like Elvis...or Heath Ledger. Just something that will knock me out like my 4 year old self used to sleep (so heavily that a grown up could pick me up, and move me and I'd sleep right through it.) How did I do it back then??? Where did the deep sleep go???

Friday, May 6, 2011

WOOSIE HOOSIE!


December 4th, 2007; 7:33 PM


Current mood:luminous

Woo Hoo! Sample sale! It came...I went...I conquered!
God I feel good! I am so amped up! I think I need to go to the gym...or go out...do something. I don't think I could possibly sleep...even though I had said tonight would be the night I got some extra Z's!
...INSOMNIA...You are my friend. :-) I love you...let's have babies!

Posession


October, 25th, 2007; 1:11 AM

Current mood:relaxed
Art. I have art to do. I have lots of art to do. It haunts me so. In a way, I wonder if it wouldn't just be a better idea to stay up like a woman possessed and just bang it out. -Get it done. I have 3 runs to finish by tomorrow. Perhaps I will let it haunt my dreams and wake me early?

Sleepy


October 21st, 2007; 1:27 AM
Current mood:sleepy
E-gads! Time to go to sleep...so that I may inspire in the day. Must be rested. So that I can think and contemplate things clearly and wisely. Bla! Being good is hard. It's like swallowing fish oil.

I'm going away for the weekend!

  • Jul. 13th, 2007 at 12:59 AM
Floppy Bunny Mess
OK I'm feeling pretty good right now. Still not sure what to do with my love life. But I'm excited about going away for the weekend. I hope all goes well..I am too excited to sleep. I hope my tent works..and that my adventure goes well. I talked with Mister Cool today. And he's hoping that I'll be back soon soon soon. Which I will. And he told me he missed me..I hadn't really talked to him for 2 days. Not long..but still he was used to at least talking to me everyday.  And he missed me. And he's going to miss me this weekend. Aaaaawwww. So who cares about old what's his name? I am looking forward to enjoying my wonderful life. Leslie..I'll see you in the morning..Yipee!



Comments

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[info]kitty8fish wrote:
Jul. 17th, 2007 01:40 pm (local)
i'm glad you had a good time! I got your message this morning but i was in class. i will be letting you know the plans once i cement them - i have to double check my schedule and make sure i have no other obligations around that time. talk to you soon!

PS we should also arrange a time to go to the gym soon! we need to train! :) will and i are talking about trying to make it up to half dome this year, too.
[info]vanmedi wrote:
Jul. 19th, 2007 05:27 pm (local)
Sweet! We should totally go to the gym. I wanna go to Half Dome with y'all. Tank you. I had the bestest time in da world. :-)

Caltrans Fairy


June 22nd, 2006; 2:01 AM

Current mood:sleepy

OK. So I'm awake at 2 in the morning. And you might wonder why...insomnia? -No. It is the heat? -Nope. Could it be the sound of heavy machine gun fire? BINGO! ...but it's not really machine guns going off in the background. It's actually freeway construction going on near my house. It bears an uncanny resemblance to the sound clips heard on CNN from third world countries where US. citizens would have taken their cheap summer vacations, had civil unrest or US. Military invasion not taken place. Damn military! ...Spoiling all my cheap, exotic vacations! Arrr. This totally reminds me of when I lived in San Francisco. I had this great apartment on Hyde Street, and I was in the front room. Great room. Huge, 12' ceilings, baywindow, fireplace, big closet. Loved it! Every morning I'd get down from my loft bed and invariably a cable car full of friendly tourists would pass by and wave at me. I got a kick out it. After all, when I first moved in, I wasn't accustomed to getting caught in my jim-jams by complete and total strangers. But I was a good sport. -I waved back. ..then I looked into getting curtains.  So there I was...being a good sport, when one night the city works people, or caltrans, or whoever is in charge of this stuff, decided to do some "much needed work" on the Hyde Street cable car line. They banged away -Big-Large-EAR-SPLITTING-Metallic-BANGS! That went on all night long (well not really -I am embellishing.) It went on from 1 in the morning to 5 in the morning. The hours that the cable car was not running. Arg! "for the convenience of the commuting traffic." Yeah right! Like any normal person commutes by cable car. ..(OK, so I commuted by cable car.) But like I said: Like any NORMAL person does it?! Anyway. This torture went on for weeks. In Buddhist terms it went on for endless kalpas of suffering. Is this just my karma? Is any road that I live near destined to have some major midnight construction? Perhaps. Perhaps I'm the Caltrans Fairy, and I just don't know it yet. My secret identity has yet to be revealed to even me! OK. Maybe I'm just tired and talking out of my ass. Ahh. Whatever.