Once again I am up late. I enjoy the quiet of the evening and my time. The house is still, there's only the soft noise of the tv that's turned down low and a single car engine here and there as it passes by my house in the "sticks"... as people who actually live in Boston & Boston Metro refer to "out here".I've been like this since I was a kid. Rearranging furniture in my bedroom while everyone was asleep. My parents really loved it... not so much. Typically dad, half groggy and completely unimpressed with my new room layout, stuck his head in my room to ask "What in god's name are you doing? It's 1 am." I usually smiled and told him I was sorry for making noise and I would go to bed. I would then do something quieter like read a book until I fell asleep about an hour later.
Now nighttime for me is a time of peacefulness and quiet not rearranging anything and driving my husband and dog insane. (dog is used to it, and actually enjoys hanging with me at night) Back on track here... it's my time to gather my thoughts, think about the day, meditate, read a little, daydream about exciting things I could do and not feel any pressure to do a single thing. The hustle and bustle of work and daily tasks seems to take up so much of our lives. The blackberry emails, daily work schedule, deadlines, facebooking, tweeting, texting, driving, constant cell phone use, working out, yoga classes, keeping in shape, eating healthy, advertising, targeted advertising, medication ads, side effects of them.... Oh how the list goes on and on with the inundation of technology, media and health these days. It's great, wonderful and exciting that we're all so connected and aware... Yet not.
When do we stop to think? When do we stop to relax? Work hard and play hard... blah blah blah!
As a society, it feels like we need to regroup a little here. We need to plant gardens, mow our own lawns, enjoy family gatherings again and put the blackberry down. Make some smores, eat regular ice cream (not "skinny cow" or yogurt), play the radio loud, have a few beers and dance in the rain.
Yes, it's nighttime. Time for my musings and wonderful thoughts of how life should and could be. Tomorrow however, I will wake up in the morning with my typical list of things I absolutely NEED to do... food shop, wash and fold laundry, organize the closet, vacumn the house, eat healthy, check my email, make some phone calls, and eventually later in the day, get prepared for a Monday morning. Those wonderful Monday mornings attached to a week of more to-do's, deadlines and cramming things in when there's no possible way I can jam another in. Ah yes. 2009. Connected, aware, healthy and schedule oriented. I think it's about time for some sleep now. I've used up my quiet time and I have 7 hours scheduled for sleep.
To quote Van Wilder: "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive."
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