Very, very sleepy

Ugh! It is still early, not even dinner time yet and I am so....(yawn)...sleepy. You might think that it is due to the wintry weather that we are currently have. However, like a child, the snow only excites me and yes I am out with the sunrise shovelling the walkway when necessary. So while you might think to blame the hibernation phenomena often felt at this time of year, in my case you might want to reconsider.

My sleepy state appears to be due to the book writing that I am attempting in that twilight time between wakefulness and sound sleep. Very odd I must say...but for several nights now I have began to doze off only to snap back awake with lines for a novel floating in my head. The first night that this took place, I almost laughed at myself and settled back down to sleep. The second night that the process was repeated I began to take it more seriously. The novel began with the same sentence as my brain worked to continue its nighttime writing. The next morning I wondered if I should sit down and put on the computer those lines that my mind had written at night, but I decided against what felt like such silliness at the time. The third night my brain continued its twillight writing. It began with the same opening lines and worked rapidly on a story outline. I fully awoke quite disquieted this time, scolded myself for this foolishness and finally settled back to sleep.

The next morning which was actually this morning, I once again wondered about sitting down to record these words. But I vetoed the idea. Now this evening, feeling sleepy and facing possibly another restless night of twillight writting, I am reconsidering the wisdom of not putting down those words. Especially because today not only did those opening sentences haunt me but this odd idea for a children's book kept floating through my head.

Act before the ideas are lost, right?! It might also be wise to act before the haunting grows stronger and my mind becomes a cluttered room full of locked up ideas, and unused bits.