A Very Good Place, All Things Considered
I had another dream of Irene last night. It was a pretty weird dream with all kinds of crazy stuff going on, but I woke up very excited and happy that I got to see her again. Having family over for several days through Christmas and having a heavy workload I had to concentrate on didn't affect me very much emotionally, although I did feel a bit less connected to Irene for the duration. I started to remedy that yesterday by meditating three times and going to bed early, talking to her as I fell asleep. Lately, with the kids here, I usually fall asleep as soon as I lay down. The meditations were good, deep and had great connection to her; the porch and evening talks were very nice, and the dream was really interesting and just topped everything off. It's easy to get into a distraction mode - watching too much TV, reading too much on the internet, etc. I find it bizarre that I would revert to habits of distraction when I enjoy my connection to Ire...