Sleepless nights

There's so much going on in our lives right now, that it's nearly impossible to write about it. The result involves some sleepless nights--for both of us. Saturday evening, bw made the mistake of drinking coffee late in the evening. Around 12:30a.m., I awoke to realize she was not in bed. I had to point out to her (given her bday on Wed past) that we 'older' people have to watch out about the effects of caffein in the evening.

But most nights, I have been the one struggling to sleep--or more accurately struggling to stay asleep. So many things going on, between the condo purchase and the India trip. As soon as I start to rouse from sleep even the slightest, I start thinking immediately of all the things I/we need to do. Today, in addition to all the regular things, I have a trip to one bank as soon as it opens and another trip to another bank immediately after that. Then we have our signing this afternoon, for the condo. And it suddenly occurred to me this morning when I awoke: We don't even know what kind(s) of locks they have on the doors. And the door on the back side of the condo, facing the courtyard, is a glass door. So I have to ensure that both doors have deadbolt locks. And as a condo owner, do I have the right to change the kind of locks on our doors if we do not feel safe with the locks they provide? And... And... And...

Do you get the picture?

At the same time, if I'm not thinking of more details regarding the condo, then I'm thinking about more details for the India trip: Put this idea in the course plan; remember to take that; get that other thing out and put it in the bag to carry-on; try this approach for the seminars in the 2nd week; etc., etc., etc.,....

Well, this time next week, the condo will be ours. And I will be in India already having taught one day of the worship module (thank you Sara and Joseph for your input). And hopefully I will be able to catch up on some of my sleep. And this time next year, I/we will just chuckle over our sleepless nights.

No, this is not worry: These are things that I truly am responsible for. So I need to remember to do them. It's just that in the middle of the night, it is so very difficult to write down on a reminder pad a note telling me what I need to remember to remember!

thanks for reading.

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