I Can See It From Here

Samain                                                                                        New (Moving) Moon

Nearing the end here in the study. Office supplies and a few odds and ends (plus the computer and printer which will get packed at the very last), my close files are all that’s left. This represents not only a lot of work, but a marker announcing the near end of packing. Hurrah!

A call from Mike this morning. All the corner posts and braces are set and they have begun stringing a guide wire to mark off and set the other fence posts. Strange to have a major project underway at our house, yet it’s happening 900 miles away.

The resistance I felt last week has vanished. It’s a matter now of slogging through the last items, making sure everything has a place and the appropriate amount of shielding from damage. On track to finish well before Thanksgiving.

Do You Know Where Your Sleep Is?

Samain                                                                              New (Moving) Moon

3:30 a.m. Do you know where your sleep is? I don’t know where mine is. Occasional middle of the night insomnia makes me think.  Before the electric light a normal night’s sleep consisted of sleeping 3 or 4 hours, then getting up for an hour for a bit of food, sex, reading, then back to bed for another 4 hours of sleep or so. Tom Crane brought this to my attention.

Sometimes I wake up, hit the bathroom, then, for some reason can’t return to sleep. Or, no reason. Not ruminating tonight. That is, thinking through stuff in a manner that does not lead to action. Chewing the psychic cud I suppose from one of our mental stomachs where we store not fully digested experiences or fears or projects ahead.

Just. Awake. The rhythm of waking up, not sleeping for a period of time, then returning to sleep till morning may well be the normal one. We assume, because each of us need 8 hours or so of sleep each day, that we should get it all at one whack. Maybe not.

My afternoon naps supplement my nightly sleep, for example. Perhaps 3 to 4 hours at a time is what our bodies prefer.