Cannot sleep! I have been using so many words today that my insomnia is taking its form in trying to produce clever phrases– status updates and tweets. I could possibly entertain my friends and followers in 2 min intervals for the next couple of hours. Somehow I laid here and convinced myself that the world needs to know, needs to understand, perhaps empathize and definitely be entertained by these thoughts of mine!
-Eyes are closed but… Mind racing, foot tapping… evidence of my 2pm Mocha. I just can’t handle caffene.
-it’s the mocha!
-I’ve been thinking about Europe some today, and now I’m craving Nutella toast
I’m brainstorming my new diet regimen, wondering if I should put in my retainer, or go downstairs for a snack.
By the way, my “new diet regimen” just means that I’m going to start taking probiotics for digestion. Hopefully that’ll cure the tummy rumbles. The above statement makes it sound like I’d like to eat less… nope. I like eating at the amount I do. Just wish it would go through less grumpily.
I’m dreaming of chai lattes (this coming Monday I’ll introduce a friend to how to make your own at home), which made me think of my cousin’s awesome concoction that we discovered when staying with her in Oregon the summer we got engaged. She freezes espresso and sugar mix into ice cubes, then uses those in her iced coffee in the morning. I need to write and get more specific instructions, because that would be smart to do for Tyler. Once his shop opens up I’m afraid he’ll be tempted to partake in some of the more yummy and caloric treats (iced and blended coffee drinks). Then I thought about a pep talk to him, saying that something there is a weekly treat… or a monthly treat… and wondering how often should he let himself eat a donut? Donuts are a sometimes food. Like Cookie Monster says. Question: does Cookie Monster truly eat vegetables now, on air?!?
Tonight I saw a post that if you have insomnia you should think through your day, from the moment you wake up, and try to remember each detail. I tried this. I like it! It reminds me of how I used to journal at the end of every day, running through what happened and asking God where He was in it.
Another thought I had today, spinning off from thinking about a friends’ blog. I think I worry too much about the people who might read this liking it or not. I mean, that’s not even a real sentence, is it? Anyways, a blog should have a purpose, and I get that. But I don’t think it needs to be tailored to an audience. The audience will choose itself– that’s sort of the point. So instead of running through and wondering how whatever will sound to whoever, or who I should tell about my blog… I should just write.
This is sort of inspired by my friend Brian Sun whose blog not only looks nice (simple and bright), but has its purpose clearly and unabashedly stated at the top: “Hi, I’m Brian Sun. This is my personal blog for the .00000001% of the world that cares about what’s happening my daily life. Everyone else can just go away.”
Just now I tried to find that blog (different computer than when I saw it yesterday) and man, that guy has a lot of online presence! Anyway. I may adopt that as my blog motto.
Someone told me that listentokristen is sort of bossy/ pretentious sounding. So maybe I’ll brainstorm… or maybe someone who reads this will comment… a new alias for me!
