Sleep Advice Needed

9 am
Yes it’s rather late. It’s what comes of lazing in bed until 7:30. And that after I thought I was going to bed early, but then I read in bed and didn’t put the book away until 10:30. Still, 7:30? But that’s because I didn’t actually get to sleep til long after 10:30. It takes me just forever to get to sleep and while I’m working at it, K comes in and that wakes me up more, so then I must start all over. I need some new technique. I think reading before bed is a mistake. It gets my brain all full of stuff and what I need to do is get my brain empty of stuff. Maybe a walk would be good. I wonder if just quietly knitting – no fair listening to a tape – would work.
    I already meditated and one advantage of that is – I can eat breakfast while I write. Disadvantage – yes, indeed I did think and think, but then I do that anyway. It seems easy, just sit there for 20 minutes, and it is supposed to be easy, the goal is for it to be easy, but it does take some effort, to keep going back to the mantra. And not get frustrated.
    Meeting of the 350 group last night. It consisted of 5 of us. Hardly a group to inspire complete confidence that we can pull this off. But we’ll do what we can. I again must type up notes and send them out. I also need to do some stuff like: contact L about still using the UU church even though A has pulled out, find tents, contact the college group, see if they’ll help, I think there are other things, I’ll have to look at the notes. It will be what it is. Like I said last night, if two people come and learn something, change in some way, it will be a success. There of course is also the concern that some tea-partiers will appear and start spats. I’m hoping we can have some mediators around to keep things cool.
    I actually sat with my notebook last night and went through a long todo list. I won’t repeat it here (too depressing). Today I must make fried rice, then get into work to go over the filming stuff. Before that I will go to the department meeting. There is a picnic today after convocation, but I think I will skip it so as not to waste time.
    I think being back at work will help with the depression which has been hovering over me for weeks. The “dog incident” at the farm – incident of a dog in the night? Isn’t that a novel? Anyway, the dog situation at the farm fri I think impacted me more than I intended it to. It just left me feeling crummy and kind of split in my loyalties. Tigger? Husband? Sister? Extended family? Me??????? Well, it was actually nice to just be home. I went for a walk with friends yesterday. That part was not so great, not sure why I said it just after saying the weekend was nice. I was in a terrible mood and felt terribly depressed. What was good? Well, I finished carding my batts, I set up some solar dyeing, I read a bunch, I relaxed. I cooked some excellent fried rice which I will repeat for the picnic, I had a nice visit with a friend at her house. So it was fine. I suppose being at the farm would have had its own good stuff, like some spinning and probably a jaunt up into the lovely woods. I may have to go this weekend since I did not get my hay, so I’ll go up to the woods then.
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