I Wonder How Different My Life Would Be If I Slept This Month
It’s one night in Senegal. Any night. All nights. I can’t sleep. I settle into bed, usually between 11pm and 1am, depending on whether I have to read or write or watch television with friends. If it’s...
View ArticleHey, Kids
Do I EVER have a blog post for you. But not tonight. When I get rested and showered and when my homework is back under control, and when the level of inadvertent THC in my body has returned to zero...
View ArticleNow (Again) I Can’t Sleep (Still)
KING LEAR Be your tears wet? yes, ‘faith. I pray, weep not: If you have poison for me, I will drink it. I know you do not love me; for your sisters Have, as I do remember, done me wrong: You have some...
View ArticleIntro at a New Ward
Hi. My name is May Anderton. I am four feet, ten inches tall. I’m from Jacksonville, Florida. I am a senior at BYU studying English. And I also work part time at [where I work]. I love nature. I love...
View ArticleQuarantined Himself to the Study
Yeah, that’s a bucket. Just in case. He ate a few crackers. He ate some soup. He got ready for bed, took some medicine. Drank some water. I prepared the futon. He got in it and under the blankets. We...
View ArticleSound Education
I mentioned before that as my belly has expanded my belly button has also increased in size. Because I often have to find a purpose in everything that happens, I surmised that the bigger belly button...
View ArticleSleeping Well Despite the Midnight Tinkle
Normally, I’m a strict back sleeper. It’s the most comfortable position for me, and I find that I don’t move at this position as I slumber. — Early on in my pregnancy, I taught myself to sleep on my...
View ArticleBrain Lapses and Meta Sadness
Three little anecdotes, either because 1) the public shouldn’t know every lapse I have beyond three, or 2) I have been extremely alert and conscientious, and I only have three imperfections to report....
View ArticleMy. Ribs.
It’s like inflating a 17-inch balloon inside a 12-inch barrel made of popsicle sticks. This balloon won’t pop. Tension increases. Pressure persists. What is the breaking point? When will the popsicle...
View ArticleDesuppression
Seven hours of sleep, and the alarm sounds. Seven hours of sound sleep. I could keep sleeping. I press snooze. Anticipating the snooze alarm. I do not keep sleeping. Waiting. I could sleep like this...
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