Blogging at 3:00 A.M.; Not just for Crackheads
April 1st, 2008 categories: This and That
OKAY… so, really it was about 4 in the morning when I woke up, but 3 a.m. just sounded better than 4. I ‘m not really sure why I couldn’t sleep. Regardless of what my photo on the “About” page might lead you to believe, I do not use crack and am normally sound asleep at this time of the morning. So, why am I awake and writing this silly blog now?
It could have been the restless thoughts in my head about all of the things I have to get done today… you know… the phone calls, meetings, listing appointments, files to manage, blogging… oh, and tennis lessons start today. Busy, busy, busy.
Or, maybe I just can’t sleep because I was anticipating the “cold hand, get-back” my wife promised to wake me up with this morning. This sinister retaliation was sure to come around 6 o’clock this morning (when normally I would be sleeping cozy as a baby) as a result of the afront I launched upon her sleepy self before we went to sleep last night. I guess I started it. And she did warn that my attack on her would result in a swift and decisive counter attack. Or, at least, as she predicted, a very early morning for me wondering if and when the attack would come. I guess she wins this round. But, at least no shocking wake up.
Maybe I’m just experiencing the creative energy that is proported by some to be especially strong at this time of day. According to inspirational writer, speaker, and beach lover, Wayne Dyer, we are most clear of mind and creative at this time in the early morning (I saw him speak in San Francisco once). The things we do for the people we love. Well… it wasn’t so bad.
Or, perhaps more likely, my sleeplessness comes from what this BIG calendar day represents. April 1st, or April Fool’s Day, is steeped in tradition in my family. There is a great deal of pressure to pull a good prank on someone, before they have a chance to pull one on you. And, this year, I have been so busy with other important things, that I don’t have any good jokes planned. I am uncomfortably vulnerable to getting got.
At least it won’t be by a cold hand wake-up….. Oh, she is going to be so mad… Let the games begin.
Happy April Fool’s Day!
