My Insomnia

Ah, sleep.... Do I get enough? I wonder sometimes. I'm a night owl, a person who would rather stay up till 1 or 2 in the morning then have to get up around 6 or 7 the next day. Sometimes both happen. This is when I wonder if I need to rethink my life. I don't fall asleep easily. I lay in bed awake, with all of my thoughts haunting me until slumber finally does find me. That's another problem with me. I think too much. Way to much. I analyze and over analyze situations that happen to me and end up paranoid. Which leads me back to my first point, I don't sleep easily. At night, I go on Facebook and talk to my friends I don't get to see often. When I am done with that I get off and go get into bed where I either listen to music or read a book with a booklight. Music can be helpful, unless the lyrics remind me of something or someone and then it's even harder to fall asleep. Books, now books, are nice. In just the right novel I can be sucked into the story and find myself thinking of nothing but what I'm reading until I put the book down to fall asleep. This leads me to yet another problem. If I'm really into a good book then I find it hard to put down. And if I don't put it down in time then the exact same thing happens as when I stay up thinking, listening to music, or talking to someone on Facebook. I don't get enough sleep. Now today, today I slept in. Till eleven. And then I took a nap in the afternoon. For several hours. It seems like I have gained some victory in the sleep department. Until tonight that is...

Facebook: Just a fad? or something more?

When Facebook was created several years ago, it was created for college students to get to know each other before becoming dorm-mates, and to connect with their friends who went off to other colleges. Since then Facebook has become a widely popular social network where people of all ages have joined to talk, connect, and just have fun. Millions of people from countries all over the world use it now, with the help of being able to change their Facebook to their language and timezone. Some people have said that it is just a fad, something people will get bored of and move on to something else. But I do not believe this to be true. So many people use it now, and they use it to connect with friends and relatives, people they haven't seen since childhood, or college, and etc. Let me use my mom as an example. My mom has found friends from her childhood, high school, college, and from when she was working with Youth With A Mission in Scotland! She now has reconnected with so many people she never thought she would hear from again, and is able to see how their lives are going, and is able to stay connected with her four sisters and other relatives! She is also friends with the people we know from church, and is able to let them know she is praying for them if they are down, or cheer them up, or invite them over or whatever is appropriate considering the situation. Facebook is definitely more then a fad. It is something much bigger. With it I am able to stay connected with my friends I don't get to see often, and talk to people even when I'm at home all week. Facebook is going to be around for a long time. So what are you waiting for? Get connected!