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Late Night: Wedding Song

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 01:19:55 AM EST
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"The Wedding Song" from Bob Dylan's Planet Waves album, great lyrics.

It's never been my duty to remake the world at large,
Nor is it my intention to sound a battle charge,
'Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn't bend,
And if there is eternity I'd love you there again.

You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see,
Just bein' next to you is a natural thing for me
And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on,
'Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone.

It's time to get politics out of marriage and welcome a future where everyone is free to love and marry whomever they choose.

This is an open thread.

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    Sleeping at a decent hour (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Esme on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 04:35:01 AM EST

    is becoming increadingly hard to do for me. I'm a light sleeper, and the recent bout of thunderstorms has been keeing me up all night. I can't seem to fall asleep anymore! Anyone have any good remedies for that? I've tried warm milk, reading, and putting on sost music. I hope it stops raining soon, or I'm going to turn in to a zombie.


    My son, the human pogo stick (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by Fabian on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 06:39:29 AM EST
    woke me up at 1 am.  He doesn't pull on my hair and say "Wake up! Wake UP!" anymore.  He just kneels and pounces on his pillow over and over and over again.  The whole bed bounces.  

    Finally we went out into the living room with one of his books.  "What do you want to do?" I asked.  He straddled my lap and used my shoulder for a pillow.  When I was sure he didn't want anything else, we went back to bed where he went to sleep.

    So what kept him up for two hours in the wee hours of the night?  I don't know.  But if we ever have an earthquake in the middle of the night, I'll probably grumble "Kid, cut it OUT!" when the bed starts shaking.

    Parent

    I long for those days (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Burned on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 07:59:08 AM EST
    My 20 yr old son wakes me up peeing in the hall closet.
    I guess it's genetic, his dad had the same dreams when he overindulged in alcohol. Or maybe it's a guy thing. I don't want to seem sexist. :)

    Parent
    Aw! (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Esme on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 08:15:06 AM EST
    Your son sounds adorable! I can definitely relate to his pogo stick-ness! I've had to get up and take a spin on the treadmill some nights to burn off the energy!

    Parent
    Earplugs? (none / 0) (#11)
    by Burned on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 08:02:56 AM EST
    My sister in NYC uses them every night.

    Parent
    Esme - a couple things you can try (none / 0) (#12)
    by Anne on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 08:12:37 AM EST
    Start gradually dimming your lights as the evening wears on - lack of light is a signal to the body that it's time for sleep.

    Try some exercise - swimming is great, or even water-jogging (if you have access to a pool with a shallow -waist-deep - lap lane, trying to jog through the water is great exercise), or take a walk, but not too late.

    Try shutting off your brain - sometimes I find that if I go right from the computer to bed, my mind is still switched on.  Reading used to put me to sleep, too, and now I think I could real all night if I wanted to!

    If all else fails, I try what I call "reverse thinking;" rather than lie in bed as my mind jumps from one thought to another, I try following my thoughts back to their origin.

    And I never, ever look at the clock!

    Parent

    Thank you! (none / 0) (#14)
    by Esme on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 08:17:08 AM EST
    I've never tried the reverse thinking. Guess I'll do that night!

    And I should stop reading before I go to bed. Like you, I now find reading all night easy to do.

    Parent

    My Quick Fix Is 1 Tyninol PM Tablet (none / 0) (#18)
    by MO Blue on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 11:12:07 AM EST
    Seems if I start having trouble sleeping it forms a pattern of not sleeping or of waking up in the middle of the night. If I break that pattern for one or two nights, the problem goes away for a long period of time. 1 tablet does the trick for me without making me feel all muggy in the morning.  

    Parent
    I think... (none / 0) (#2)
    by Alec82 on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 01:58:15 AM EST
    ...in the long run, it was over the minute it became a national issue.

     Granted, as Keynes would say, in the long run we're all dead.  But progress on gay rights has come at lightning speed.  By 2040, this will be a nonissue.

     Which, unfortunately, is more than I can say about global warming and nuclear proliferation.  

    Does obama (none / 0) (#4)
    by Edgar08 on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 02:31:32 AM EST
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