¨Who Needs Sleep?¨
(I borrowed the title from a funny song I know.) I´m sure at one time or another we have all gone without sleep. My question is this: when was the last time you went without even a minute´s visit to dreamland? I myself would have to say that is has been an extremely long time since I´ve spent the entire night wide-eyed and sleep free. That is… until Saturday night. Not to say that if I had made a very concentrated effort to lull myself to sleep that it would have worked anyway. You see, they like the parties here. Unfortunately, at times, they only think of how THEY are enjoying the blaring music (right outside my window) at all hours of the night. More specifically, on this night in particular, until 2 in the morning. Then, around 3:30, it began to rain. This in nothing unusual. However, due to a certain tin roof and other circumstances, these harmless little raindrops are transformed into a sound that I would have to liken to golf-ball-sized hail falling on, well, a tin roof. ha. It can be a bit startling, to say the least. Finally, to add to the interest of this night, the Kingdom Hall´s alarm went off around 5. I believe it lasted for somewhere around 15 minutes. Perhaps a little longer. My poor neighbor Elke, who was asleep, had to get up and go turn it off. Please don´t misunderstand me. I´m not trying to secure a ride on the pity train. ha. I was completely awake without an ounce of sleepiness in me the whole time. I had hoped to cast my eyes on a beautiful array of warm colors seeping into the morning air. Oddly enough, I was unable to see the actual sun rise, but did catch the night absolving into day. I also found that I had more energy than when I started. Maybe how one would feel after several espressos. ha. In any count, it was an interesting night, to say the least. The affects of which were not far away. I must admit that it felt awfully late for only being 3 in the afternoon. ha. May my fellow ´insomniacs´ lose their titles and sleep well tonight. Sweet dreams to all.