The Value of Sleep

Late to bed, early to rise, makes a woman silly and fried.  It's amazing the restorative powers that even just a little sleep can provide.   Awakening to the birds chirping, after just 4 hours of laying down, I find myself unable to fall back into a stupor.  Instead, I battle for 30 minutes,  eventually surrendering to the inevitable.  It's time to generate that first cup of fuel and plan the day ahead.

If you've never had the privilege of experiencing the steroid energy boost, well don't feel disappointed.   When it hits you, like an approaching train refusing to slow down, you have no choice but to jump on and see where it takes you. Occasionally, the train will take you to somewhere creative and brilliant  (I always hope for this one ).  Leading you to a place producing new ideas and approaches to sometimes simple but possibly even complex tasks.  Today, for instance, I was reminded of a different app on my phone that I could utilize to record my blog thoughts that would ease the transfer from my phone to the blog site.  Not only that, I immediately dove into brain dump mode.  Believe it or not, I perform my best, first thing in the morning,  with or without that first cup of coffee.

Occasionally, the thoughts arise completely random. For instance, I created an entire list of names for dogs--of which we will never use, since Chris is allergic to dogs.  I'm pretty sure that looking at my nephew's Facebook post about adopting some very adorable puppies just before bed, sprouted these thoughts.  

Although I wrote this post yesterday morning, I chose not to publish it then since I had just published a blog post just hours before (this was done about 6 in the morning).  Instead, I complete this after finishing my cup of java on a relaxing, rainy, Sunday morning after about 7 glorious hours of sleep.  Fortunately, the jitteriness of the steroids has dissipated as well as the frenetic ideas.  Along with that, the energy level has diminished, but I'll take it, to return to normal more quickly.  No matter, I've still got my positive attitude and will continue to power through my unlimited to-do list, with naps interspersed.  Each day is a blessing and I choose to make the most of this one. 

From a Winter walk in Kenmore.

May you always have enough happiness to keep you sweet; Enough trials to keep you strong; Enough success to keep you eager; Enough faith to give you courage; And enough determination to make each day a good day.