Sleepless in SoCal

Tuesday Night, 11:40 PM

Random thoughts are running through my mind. Some of them are entertaining in their nonsensicality. Since I seem to be unable to sleep, I thought I'd share.

1. It came to mind that I could change The Boy's name to Dream Man. Such a change, however, while perfectly applicable, I find to be dreadfully schmaltzy and consequently utterly nauseating. I will now accept your forthcoming gratitude for my consideration of your respective digestive tracts. ;)
   


2. In a tangentially related thought, I just realized that I might actually get to be everything I ever wanted to be! (List circa 1986-1989- before I quit dreaming)
   
1. Linguist (B.A. Linguistics, 2002)
   
2. Missionary (Russia, summer 2001-2004)
   
3. Pastor's wife (Hokey, I know, but The Boy is going to be a priest, and we're on track for this one to happen.)
   
4. MacGyver (Seriously. Maybe not so much literally, but in a somewhat less than literal sense, I'll be MacGyver. Except for the blowing things up, which is kind of a bummer. But learning how to prevent things from blowing up is pretty darn cool, too!)
   


3. Apparently, half of my dreams required me to become Orthodox, because they started coming together about ten minutes after I made that decision. Who knew?
   


4. I am entirely aware of the fact that #2 gives the impression that I was an exceedingly odd child. I was. Is that really so surprising?
   

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• Letters of Recommendation have been delivered.
• Application to University is completed and submitted online (including the first of the two essays)
• Transcript request for College of the Cornfields is in. Three transcript requests for local schools await today's trip to the Post Office.
• Application to NSS program is filled out.

As far as I can tell, all I have left to do is the second essay. Good thing, too. Time is short.