August 05, 2008
the insomnia chronicles continue
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8)
I awoke at three o'clock and have not been able to fall back to sleep. So, I jut decided to roll with it and get up. What the heck? It happens. As you all know, I've been having some interesting dreams. Just the other night I tried out for the Chicago Cubs (They needed a new catcher.) and had to perform in some Shakespeare thing in the city. Not surprisingly, I was unprepared for both of these dreamy opportunities. So, tonight, in stead of having anxiety dreams I'm simply not sleeping.I don't know about you, but when I wrestle with insomnia I also have some of my more profound thoughts...until I actually get up out of bed. Then the depth vanishes and I'm simply punchy. As I am sure you are very interested, I thought I would try to share my "deep thoughts" with you anyway. Heh.
Okay, so they're not so deep. Trish and I were speaking with some friends about High School and what approach we each took. My twentieth reunion is this fall...and there was a bad movie on television about uppity cheerleaders or something...so, High School was a natural topic of conversation. Most of us poke in terms of the kind of work we put in. Did you work more in college? Did you work more in high school? Neither? We were different ages...some thirty years out of high school, some only ten. The focus on extracurriculars has shifted. Most people know this. More is better these days. I did almost nothing in high school. There was Model U.N. and a musical senior year, but that was pretty much it. I preferred to read...and had hobbies not extracurriculars.
We spoke about what keeps us busy now...and if we are too busy. How many nights are we actually home in the evenings with our families or simply home relaxing alone? Very few. One or two a week, tops. There always seems to be something else to distract us or to achieve...though for the life of me I cannot always tell the difference between a distraction and an achievement. Heh.
Ah well, that was our conversation and what I awoke to this morning. Well, that and all of what goes into preparing for the beginning of the church year. There's a ton of stuff to do in the next few weeks and I'm anticipating it all already. Oy.
Stressed. That's me.
Posted by tripp at August 5, 2008 04:14 AM