Day 3 - 222 -- Needing a Lullaby

Sleep was overly elusive last night. It was 3:30 when I stopped looking at the clock. The alarm was startling when it arrived. I felt so slow at the office today, yet when I listened to myself I was sounding manic -- speaking too quickly and not stopping. It could have been the effect of caffeine on a very tired system. On the up side, IT helped with all things on my list and explained how to control what goes to cloud storage. Seems e-mail can only be housed elsewhere now, but all other office suite files can be wherever we choose to send them. Interface was working better for basics -- we'll have discussions next week about how this may affect other stand alone software. So, by bedtime, the work planned for the past two days seems to be completed -- not finished in its entirety but the steps needed to stay on time are done.

Being as tired as I feel tonight, I'm hoping that sleep will arrive earlier rather than later. Insomnia from stresses can be devastating if it occurs over and over again, establishing a pattern of not sleeping. There are a number of things to do in a short time period, so being on top of things with a brain that is ready to function would help me to meet deadlines. It can happen if the anxiety level can drop a few notches. Sounds easy, but takes a lot of work to get there.

Times like this make me think of lullabies. Myth has it that singing these calming songs will help youngsters fall asleep. I think the same should work for adults, though when middle of the night waking occurs, they'd need to be sung again. This, too, sounds like young children. The song selected to share today has a lullaby quality. Lyrics include allusions to needing to sleep and needing to deal with the stresses. The up tempo near the end could still work, though the drum solo might wake one up again <smile>. This is a wonderful cover version done with the original producer. Sweet dreams. Enjoy!

Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End -- Phil Collins (with Sir George Martin)