Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for October 13, 2021

The teacher tells me to sleep at home.

I doze off during the day and I don’t drink coffee.

I doze at unexpected times. Chronic insomnia and fibromyalgia are a lousy combination.

Is that coffee or gin?

It’s an exciting early morning! October 13th and iPhone blasted alert at 06:00 to take cover until 06:15 and go to shelter; at 06:02 the sirens started so knew tornado very close. Now the torrential rains that come following a tornado started. OY!

Besides exciting, it’s perfect proof of no control.

Correction on time: everything started at 05:00.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl, Auschwitz Camp survivor.

Clap on. Clap off. Repeat.

I like this “Nap and Coffee” scenario; it fits my daily schedule perfectly these days. Hey, I paid my dues.

And how much coffee you drink relates to how much you nap. Synchronicity! ☺

I feel much more under control then.

Coffee cuts into the Nap time. I’m sticking with my Ovaltine.