Sleep deprivation as a study method
Catch me on the tail end of a long sleepness night, followed by a long sleepless day. Laugh at my nonchalance. I won’t care.
Might be a bit of backache, or the symptom of a kidney stone lost in transit; last night was long. When I ended up sitting with the dog, sometime after “zero dark thirty”, he was not impressed. His space, my trespass. Later, I did lie back and listen to the sounds of the night. Mainly, tractors with too much noise and not enough distance from where I waited for dawn. The snow storm that wasn’t, but the contractual push and pull people were out clearing traces from other people’s drives. Segue to a day at work, trying to find out why a printer had forgotten its principle virtue (recto-verso).
Finally, a sprint to finish my hours of video lecture and complete the attached evaluation. My powers of recall were hampered by the aforementioned lack of sleep (and my stubborn unwillingness to use reference materials for reinforcement). Final evaluation equals a pass, but no gold star. Do I care? Too tired.
Son #2 stopped by for supper, so I now have a better idea of his timeline for the new job. Local exposure for the next few months, followed by a possible move to the big city. We all do it, and we all survive – I’m still hanging in this city after close to thirty years. The economy has little room for those attached to the comfort of home. He is confident, and that makes me confident.
