I did something today I have not done while healthy since probably the late 90’s after a rough night out- I slept until 2 pm. I woke up early, fed the beasts, looked around and said nope, and went back to bed. Woke up at 11:30, chugged some water, looked around, and said nope. And then I slept until 2.
TWO!!!
I went to bed at midnight. That is 14 hours of sleep. At once!
I think part of the reason I slept so long is it was overcast and the sky was purple and it was drizzly and in the 50’s, and the day was ripe for sleeping. I have also decided that tomorrow is the beginning of overall season, so I am gonna haul them out of storage tomorrow.
I am avoiding all news related to Israel and Palestine because it is just too fucking depressing and there is nothing I can do. Nothing. What Hamas did was awful, but I don’t see leveling the place where two million people live as the solution. And I don’t have a solution so I don’t know what to do.
Depressing.
Medium Cool – Comedies!
dmsilev
Bears hibernate all winter long. Might be some wisdom there.
Citizen Alan
The sky was all purple? Were there people running everywhere? If so, could be a bad sign.
Miki
My Cauliflower Soup was Purple this week. A Fall tradition that makes me happy.
AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team
Thank you for making, keeping, and getting such great people to run and write for BJ, John.
It’s my solace when I’m overwhelmed or depressed, and it’s made me wiser and kinder.
bbleh
It’s napping season. When hungry, eat, when tired, sleep, etc.
Concur re I/P. A bunch of bad actors and a lot of innocents. Lather, rinse, repeat for, oh, 2,000 years or so.
danielx
Slept ten hours last night for the first time since bonking my head…paradise.
laura
I’m considering a re-read of Skinny Legs and All.
Alison Rose
Just saw that Suzanne Somers and Piper Laurie both passed away. Two very different actors but both very memorable!
Betty Cracker
@laura: So funny you should mention that — it’s been decades since I read it, but I’ve thought of that book lately too and wonder how it holds up. Isaac & Ishmael’s!
Trollhattan
I would like to complain to Management about the fruitflies appearing in my beer, bespoiling what otherwise would be a perfect autumn. Does anyone have a number?
Barry
“I think part of the reason I slept so long is it was overcast and the sky was purple and it was drizzly and in the 50’s, and the day was ripe for sleeping. I have also decided that tomorrow is the beginning of overall season, so I am gonna haul them out of storage tomorrow.”
My saying is ‘set the alarm clock for spring, and pull up the covers and go back to sleep’.
lamh36
It’s been so long since I’ve commented regularly at BJ, so I’m not sure if I mentioned before the amount of personal family I’ve lost in the past 2 years do random medical issues and random accidents. They were all too young and gone too quickly and too soon.
My oldest uncle died 2 years ago, my middle sister passed last June, my biological father passed last August, my youngest uncle passed this past January and his twin sister, my youngest aunt passed one month after he did in February.
All that passings has taken a toll on me and my family. Me personally, I’ve found myself finding happiness and joy whenever/wherever I can. Which means I tend to not pay attention to so many of the bad that goes on, and try to lift up the good instead. Because literally the past 2 years has already drilled into my head that life is truly short and truly YOLO.
lamh36
@lamh36:
So…Random positive reflections…Part 1
Always so surreal to watch something filmed in a place I’ve visited. Like I’m watching something set in Tokyo and I remember that I was literally in Japan this year and this thought along with random mental image appears in my mind…and I’m just like… OMG Bish u were in Japan. https://tenor.com/ISOQ.gif
Reflections…Part 2
And then I get a bit verklempt cause like…younger me DREAMED and never could imagine going to some of the places I’ve been in the past 10 years…Seriously, my eyes get a little misty…I am in awe of what I was able and still am able to do…it’s a blessing..truly…
https://media.tenor.com/R7ZvDuGnMdMAAAAC/chyler-leigh-smile.gif
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Holy cow, that’s a lot of loss. Impressive that you’re still standing! We are all so glad to have you commenting here again.
Librarian
The election in Louisiana is definitely not improving my mood, either.
lamh36
@WaterGirl: yes. it’s been alot. It def made me dial back on some of the same things I used to love but lends to more stress and drama…as a coping mechanism.
Also I find myself def doing more of what I can when I can, because truly never know if you’ll be around to do the things you push off for later.
Mark
Fallujah 2.0
WaterGirl
@lamh36:
Not exactly sure what you mean there. Like cutting back on ice cream because it’s not good for you? Sorry to be so dense!
lamh36
@WaterGirl: well things like politics, drama (both family and work related), but also yes, I’m trying to be more focused on my health for sure. Other than the bio-dad death, the rest of the familial deaths were all bad health related.
Jackie
I’m with you, John. I’m so depressed and heartbroken about Israel and the Palestines.
And worried about the House Speaker shenanigans… this is NOT the best time for the US to be rudderless in the House between Ukraine, Israel and the Budget CR. The prospect of Gym Jordan possibly becoming Speaker of the House nauseates me.
We, as a Nation, are truly treading in uncharted waters.
Brachiator
@lamh36:
I’m sorry that you have had so much to deal with.
It is good to hear that you are finding things to bring you happiness.
I thank you for the timely reminder to stay positive. I have had my own share of challenges.
gwangung
@lamh36: That….is a lot.
And, yeah, do what you can, to live the life you have now….because it all can go…
wjca
Jordan has managed the quite impressive feat of making people nostalgic for McCarthy. And without actually winning the position of Speaker. Who knows what he may achieve if he actually gets the job?
Jackie
@wjca: Nothing good for America for sure! And nothing good for Ukraine, I’m sure. We know Kevin was under TIFG’s thumb… Jordan IS TIFG’s proxy.
Betsy
@lamh36: I am feeling this. A beloved aunt and uncle, and two good friends gone in the last three years. They were some of my favorite people. It’s incredibly depressing and yes — feeling that life is very short and I want to get out of the trap I’m in and live like I mean it.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Trollhattan:
4. Will that number work? I could pick another one if not.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@lamh36:
It gets worse the older you get and it does start to wear on you. You’re right to be happy about what you have that makes you feel that way. Shit goes sideways real fast for us humans so it’s good to enjoy that which makes us happy, whenever you can remind yourself to do so.
Shana
@wjca: Jordan seems to have more people saying “no way in hell” than Scalise did, so that’s encouraging.
We had dinner last night with a friend who is retired from a major governmental agency, who worked with issues akin to what’s happening now, and his take was extraordinarily depressing. Basically Gaza needs to be flattened to solve the problem. And he’s not a Bolton-type of guy by any stretch. Really depressing
Also John, sometimes you just need to sleep as much as you need to sleep, logic be damned.
opiejeanne
@lamh36: I know about your losses and I feel for you, just so many in such a compressed period of time. I’m glad you are finding joy, because you either laugh or you cry all of the time.
We went through a 3-year period where we lost every aunt, uncle, great aunts and great uncles, parents, and some cousins, just everyone except my dad and the least favorite uncle. After a while you can get numb going to that many funerals, and that can cause damage. Finding joy, like you said, helps a lot with the healing process.
Sister Golden Bear
@lamh36: I’m so sorry, that’s lot of to deal with in such a short time.
Quiltingfool
I had two beloved aunts (Caroline and Barb) pass away in the past couple of weeks (8 days apart). They were sisters-in-law (on my mother’s side), they worked together as lunch ladies in a bitty little rural school, and they were best friends. Aunt Caroline went first; at her funeral, one of Aunt Barb’s daughters told me that she asked her momma if she wanted to go to Aunt Caroline’s funeral. Aunt Barb told her she didn’t think she would, she just wanted to remember her from back in the day, and that she would be seeing her soon anyway. Well, she died before the funeral, so she was with her friend and sister.
You know, I don’t know if I believe in the existence of Heaven or Hell, but if my aunts believed in Heaven, and that they would be with the ones that went before them, well, then I believe that is where they’re going to be.
Their memories are a true blessing for me. They were humble, hard-working women, who were joyful and loving. May they walk in the Summerland.
mrmoshpotato
@Trollhattan: 555-5555
John Cole
@lamh36: Not to pile on the losses, but you also missed your shot with me, because I am getting hitched. I tried, but you would never come to WV.
mrmoshpotato
@lamh36:
Sorry for your losses. It’s totally fine to unplug for your health.
Bluegal of The Professional Left podcast has always told everyone this when things are too much to handle.
We’ll be here fighting the good fight while you look after yourself.
Quiltingfool
One little bright light – I adopted Sassy kitty a year ago this week! She is something else! Not a lap cat like the last two. She hops up on the arm of my chair, gently pats me on the shoulder, turns around (so her heinie is pointing towards my face, yay) and flops over by the side of my leg. As I pet her, she simultaneously “complain” meows and purrs. And then she takes up almost the entire footrest, falls asleep and snores! In the morning, she prances into the living room and sits next to her feather wand toy…because it’s time to play.
She is silly, but such a good girl. I’m so glad she picked me to be her human!
Salty Sam .
My beloved first wife (deceased) LOVED to sleep in. She had a T-shirt that had an illustration of a girl in a hammock, captioned “Lazy Girls ‘Crack of Noon’ Club”. There was a day when she was still asleep at 1 pm and I got worried that she was unwell. When I nudged her awake, she was all “Why can’t you let me finish sleeping!?!”
Tehanu
@lamh36: So sorry for your losses, and as others here have said, glad that you’re taking care of yourself emotionally. I think grief is the other side of love — you know that you really loved someone when you find yourself grieving for them; that’s the only comfort of it.
wjca
So many people don’t seem to realize that a true Morning Person stays up until 2 AM, i.e. the earliest part of the morning. And then sleeps in until 10.
Madeleine
@lamh36: i’m so sorry that you’ e lost so many dear to you.
Commiting, as you have, to making the most of your life is so wise.
rikyrah
I am jealous, Cole. If I get five hours uninterrupted sleep, that a good night.
thalarctosMaritimus
@lamh36: I’m so sorry. *hugs
JustRuss
Congrats on the 14-hour snooze. I made it from 11:00-5:30 without having to get up to pee, usually I’m only good for 4 hours. So that was nice. Ain’t gettin old grand?