Polyphasic New Year's Eve

Here we are 2009. I just got a newsletter from the astrologer I see every year for some guidance. Looking at the planets he is predicting crazy January:
‘The coming three months are split into two halves with very different effects. The Mercury retrograde happening during the last three weeks of January will bring massive over expectation in many different areas and there will be a lot of headless chickens running around madly. This will end up by the start of February but clarity will not come until the middle of that month, so decisions made impulsively in January will prove to be unsustainable. Don’t buy into what appears to be happening at the end of January, there will be a large element of hype and spin about it. Suspend judgement until mid February.’ Steve Judd steve@stevejudd.com

I guess we mustn’t get frustrated if our sleeping pattern gets out of hand. Just keep going and hopefully things will come down in February.

I had an interesting morning yesterday (New Year’s eve). I crushed at 7am, I was really tired and stayed in bed until almost midday! The strange thing was that I didn’t sleep like a log for a solid period of time. I was waking up every half hour. Stayed awake for a bit enjoying being in bed and went for a snooze again. It was as if I was floating between dream land and this reality. At first I was a little bit disappointed with myself but then I realised that it doesn’t really matter and I can allow myself to just let go and be lazy.
I also miss that feeling of waking up from a dream and going back again, diving in and out of it. After all I’m on holidays and I’m entitled to enjoy myself. It’s winter and lying in bed is just beautiful.
I nearly hit the lucid dream at one point but didn’t quite get there. It’s fine I will.

I moved my naps an hour early so I could accommodate the party and the midnight countdown. I slept at 3pm and then at 7pm jut before we went to the party.
This was my first New Year without alcohol. I still don’t miss it. I felt relaxed, comfortable and in good spirit for the whole evening. At 11pm I had a nap at my friend’s bedroom. I didn’t really fell asleep as it was a bit noisy but I had a good rest.
I felt that I went into a deep relaxation. I can now recognise the stages of falling asleep. I actually feel the sensation of dropping down a faze going deeper and deeper. I went quite right down but not into a deep sleep.
However I felt fine and refreshed. I was in full speed again. Just after midnight I became a taxi driver. I had to pick up my daughter and her friends from one part of town and later the other one from the other side of town.
I landed at home just before 3am and had my nap in my bedroom. Usually I take my naps in a spare bedroom, where I spend my nights. It’s a spacious room where I have my office, sofa and tv. I love spending my time there.
I thought that I will struggle with getting up but to my surprise I didn’t! I woke up and managed to stay in bed for another half hour, just contemplating on my state of alertness and enjoying lying in bed. I got up at 4am sill fully amazed at my fantastic condition of being.
I’m aiming to get my next nap at 8am, so going back to my old routine.
I just found www.glastonburyradio.net great stuff.
At 6.15 I did a full set of ashtanga yoga. Life is beautiful.