The Windmills of my Mind

[bunsen_h]

In days gone by, when the world was much larger
My mother snuggled me close at her side
Cozily nestled amidst cedar shavings
A couple days later, my eyes opened wide

 

Pitter-pat, pitter-pat, pitter-pat go my footsteps
Rolling and rolling the big metal wheel
Running, running, farther and faster
That's how I get hamster chow for my meal
 

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This one is partly the fault of ladymondegreen, who responded to my late-Sunday-evening grumbling about sleeplessness by saying "Hamsters?"  I slept poorly again that night, and sleeplessness turned to introspection to meta-reflection.

I need to find some way of getting the hamsters in my brain to stop running in their wheels when I'm trying to sleep.

Comments

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Do you use the original Windmills tune, or the pagan Circles tune?

My cure for the mental hamsters was actually to lay off the coke zero after 3:00. It didn't seem related, but it's 100% effective - no caffeine after 3:00, no waking up at 2:00 a.m. with "thoughts" that won't quit. Coke? = Waking at 2:00 a.m. with "thoughts". I am very grateful for making that connection - I would have expected having trouble *getting* to sleep - that might have been a more obvious co-relation.

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

Do you use the original Windmills tune, or the pagan Circles tune?

Huh. I only know one tune for the song, which I assume is probably the original one. I don't know for sure.

Since I don't usually drink anything that contains caffeine, that's not a factor for me. Perhaps I should avoid eating chocolate after supper.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That might help. Or something soothing to listen to with no words?

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

Possibly. Though anything musical that's interesting enough for me to want to listen to will also tend to worsen the chronic earworm problem.