4:30 AM

Sometimes at 4 AM there is almost a luminescence about everything, a clarity of thought. A calmness can fill you with a philosophical certainty and understanding. Today is not one of those days. I am fighting to stay awake, fighting to stay occupied, fighting to keep busy. I feel sick and sore this morning. It helps that I had unexpected good news this morning, but my elbow still hurts. I banged it on the doorjamb of my bathroom while I was walking and doing my hair. Obviously I was doing one too many things. That will teach me.