It’s 5:33 a.m., Friday, Dec. 12, 2012. And, I’m awake. Not because the world is destined to end in less than 20 minutes, but because this is my usual insomnia-induced, circadian rhythm hell.
All my peeps are tucked, asleep in bed, oblivious to the pending doom. I’m fighting a powerful urge to rouse them all, making them huddle together in the hallway, like I did the morning we were under a tornado warning and the windows had started to rattle.
I don’t expect the end of the world… but I am also that person, at age 50, who can convince herself a bogeyman still lives under my bed.
Mayan calendar doomsdayers aside, I don’t literally believe ( I think in this case, the word usage is correct) the world is going to end. I still have Christmas shopping to do, and the College Kid is finally going to take that Study Abroad trip she’s wanted for so long.
There are things to do and places to go, people to meet… coffee to make. I have ten minutes left to finish my bucket list for Gawd sake.
Hopefully, I’ll see you soon…
Thin spiral notebook 
I was holding off doing the grocery shopping just in case… but ended up having to go after all. Now I have to wrap all those Christmas presents too!
Happy Not-the-end-of-the-world! 🙂
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Doesn’t this happen every couple of years? Some sign that someone says the world will end. As if we’d ever be privy to that type of knowledge in any fashion.
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Don’t you just hate it when you are wide awake when you need to sleep? It always seems to happen when I am the most fatigued. Maybe the world did make some sort of transition to the end. Sometimes it feels like it, even if not accompanied by lots of mayhem.
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Your post made me smile because we are in the same boat. I am 46 and somehow at the back of my mind thought of “what if” it will happen at the same time I still also thought of Santa Claus. I think having these kind of heart makes us more alive and kicking hehehehe. Funny is that my family and friends are putting messages in their Fb account saying they survive 2012 since they are almost midnight and soon it will be Dec. 22 there.
Anyhow, here in MI we have our first heavy snow and it feels like Christmas. Thanks for the visit and Merry Christmas!
Kim,USA
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Cheers for the after-life. it’s 7:52 am Friday, December 21, 2012, and I’m still here so either the world didn’t end or my basement dwelling successfully saved me from the end. 😉
Have a wonderful holiday, Tara!
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Mel stole my comment.. I have 2.cute new dresses and I wrapped gifts for five 5! Hours yesterday.. I am Carolina and christmasing and I don’t want to go anywhere anytime soon.
I am glad we are all still here.. I am thankful for you and your friendship..
Ho, ho, ho.. And peace to His people on Earth.
🙂
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Sorry for the insomnia 😦
Yay for the daughter–are we allowed to speak if it yet?
Your post has just made me realise that those of us having such great fun at the Mayan’s expense (that would be me), have missed a great opportunity to really be a little more “aware”, or introspective of how we’re living our lives. I’m a lot like you with the bogeyman, and all the jokes and silliness helped me get past that very long period between 11.09 and 11.12. I’ve never been afraid of the supposed end, I only feared the thought that something could happen & my kids would be alone at school without me to comfort them.
What a silly old woman I am becoming!
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I’m glad it didn’t end. I have such a cute dress to wear to a holiday party tomorrow. 🙂
Beautiful picture, as always!
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Well, if it did end, I wouldn’t have to go out and spend more money today.
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