Detachment and the end of limbo, sort of...

[Phoebe]

My most recent thread, and I have no idea how many there have been over time. Far too many, I suspect, but progress comes slowly, right?

http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2689723&page=1

So, I finally got a full night's sleep, plus a whole bunch extra. Given that I got exactly 3 hours of nap-time the night before, on top of chronic sleep deprivation, I had sheer exhaustion on my side!!!

I went to bed at 12:30, woke up at 6, and then decided to take some Xanax because I was wide awake and that was not nearly enough sleep. Well... I slept until 1 pm!!! Hot damn. I finally feel rested. Yes, I sacrificed half the day to the sleep gods, but it was so worth it!

Yesterday I had planned to spend the morning processing the cherries I picked in the morning, but I realized that my cherry pitters are in my other house. Ugh. I so need to go and get all of my things. It's so silly, but I had to go out to buy a new pair of pitters, so my Mom and I each can have one to use. Twelve pounds of cherries will go a whole lot faster with two people on the job. There is something in me that

Anyway, instead of working my way through the cherries, I bought cherry pitters and then went to play Cinderella with L-Friend. Not the glamour part of the story, either... the cleaning part! He just rented a huge space that needed to be cleaned out, and we spent hours vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, etc.. And it was so darn warm yesterday and the space has no a/c. Yuck!!

Eventually I just had to take a break and take a hour nap in the middle of the day. Then, we took a short bike ride, ate ice cream before dinner (because life is uncertain, sometimes one simply must eat desert first!), and I headed home to crash. Early, I might add. Lately, any sleep before 3 am is early for this camper. Maybe this will be a healthy break from my renewed insomnia? Fingers crossed.

SparrowHawk I would love to hear your thoughts. Sorry for the thread delay. I just didn't have any journaling time left in me last night. I'm going to dry a bunch of these cherries, so they will be around to enjoy for quite some time. I'm happy to share! Never made a pie with rehydrated cherries, though...

Of course, a bunch will be going into the freezer, so there are options.

JimKao, thank you again for your kind words, and Painter, I may just test out your cherry liquor idea on a small scale. I have to buy some liquor, though. I only have a smidgen of vodka in the house that I use to make vanilla extract. I don't drink alcohol, but a bit of nice cherry flavor on ice cream sounds wonderful. Yum.

I wish everyone a lovely day, and hopefully a full night's sleep.

Oh, and on the D process front, there is no news to report. No one has been served. H has apparently gone missing, and the servers looking for me aren't even bothering. I am at my house every single day. Anyway, that bit of limbo continues.