The Good Night Sleep
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010This morning I woke up with a song in my head. The last time that happened was back when I lived in my studio apartment in Davis. Maybe the day after my qualifying exams? It is somewhere in the archives. I tried to find it, but to no avail.
Last night I thought I was going to have a hard time falling asleep. Mostly because when my head hits the pillow I begin thinking. Mostly about clothing patterns and measurements. Sometimes about savings and financial goals. And last night wasn’t looking any different.
I started thinking about the top I had made and how the neck was absolutely TOO big and what I could have done differently to make it fit better. (Look, I know that more terrible things keep other people up at night. And trust me, when I thought I was going to lose my paycheck – I worried about all kinds of scary things. I am glad for what keeps me awake these nights.) But then, for the first time in a very very long time, I meditated.
Was it Eat Pray Love that is bringing me to this? Probably. Does it embarrass me that it has taken a book to get me back into the spirit? Maybe it should, but it doesn’t.
Do I wish I could do it more often? ABSOLUTELY. And I plan on it.












