I am trying to keep my brain sharp amidst the hubbub of household chores and using the thesaurus so much that I think it's become sentient (alert, cognizant, knowing) and is signing a petition to unionize.
Keeping my mind sharp mostly consists of listening to the radio talk shows that bore my children to death while I throw together yet another dinner involving pasta. I have also read several books lately, but I can't claim that they've been the sort that do more than amuse.
Yet my brain is so sharp that it sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the night to remind me to worry about things. A Strident Little Voice in my head (a voice that sounds suspiciously like my scary first-grade teacher) starts repeating over and over that the most important thing in the universe to stress about RIGHT NOW is (for instance) that I get those new insurance cards into the vehicles right away. I'm ambushed, you see, being stuck in my most helpless state of mind. After a while, my gullible Subconscious Mind, bored of manufacturing visuals to explain the random trivia and movie clips in my head, has opened the door to the Strident Little Voice, and after listening to its impassioned plea for a while, becomes absolutely convinced that getting those insurance cards into the vehicles is the only thing that will save the world from certain and sure destruction. My Subconscious Mind then starts pushing all the emergency buttons randomly in a frantic state of alarm, setting off the bells and sirens of Fight or Flight. The horrific din eventually rouses my Logical Mind, which turns over sleepily and demands to know the reason for the noise, then tells the Subconscious Mind to calm down and shut up: we'll all get those insurance cards into the vehicles when we get up in the morning. No need to keep going on like that when it's only 4:30 am . But the Subconscious Mind, already in a state of panic and goaded by the Strident Little Voice, is not mollified so easily. For another hour, at least, it keeps screaming and hollering. I wake up grumpy and out of sorts and start looking for those expletive insurance cards.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who deals with this situation. If I am, maybe I need some sort of medication.
3 comments:
You're so funny!
And I need medication also...
You are not the only one! Sometimes I wake up in the very wee hours and lay awake wrestling with apparently random and non-urgent thoughts and concerns. All the while knowing that the most important thing for me to do right then is get some much need SLEEP. If I wake up at something as late a 4:30, I might get up and indulge in a long shower, since it is so close to my wake up time. But then again, I might try very hard to go back to sleep. Usually succeeding just minutes before the alarm goes off. argh.
I do not lay awake (way to tired for that), but I spend my day listening to that quiet little voice in my head that I can not seem to quiet.
My wife calls it "What if'ing"
What if... I loose my job, I get killed in a car accident, we loose our house, my car breaks down, etc, etc, etc...
I struggle when making any big decisions (buying a car, buying a house, etc) "What if'ing" all possible aspects..
It's like a constant chatter in my head.. ARRGGHHH!!!
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