Saturday, January 10, 2009

a-woke with a-jolt

this morning i heard my alarm go off at 8 am ... i remember thinking, gee, i better get up, laying here and listening to the horrible stuff on the news isn't the greatest thing for me to be absorbing semi-consciously....

.... then the phone rang, and jolted me awake - disoriented, nauseous... looked at the clock - it was a little after noon!!!! i had slept through the alarm (meaning at least two hourly news broadcasts, and whatever other fodder they decided to talk about on the radio), and well beyond....

i hate mornings like that. it's like my day starts off with me in a weird state of mind, and where it goes from there, who knows. it's like when you've got to the top of a rollercoaster hill, and then you start feeling the decent - you're no longer grounded by gravity. floaty. weird feeling. right now i'm kinda grumpy, feel over-tired, and like i want to go back to bed (i've had enough of this ride!!! lemme off!!!) - but i know i'll feel even worse if i do. so i gotta ride it out, instead. *sighs*

my body must have really needed the extra sleep, for me to sleep through the entire duration of the alarm (it goes for two hours if you don't hit snooze or turn it off).

but boy, now i feel like crap. *rubs aching forehead*

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THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

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Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

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