October Morning

“Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.” 
― L.M. Montgomery


What a week!
I am...exhausted.
All week the earliest I got to bed was one in the morning, or 3:45...goodness. But! Thursday was the day. After school and dance I went to my fellow senior leaders house for a freshman/senior Young Life sleepover! We went on scavenger hunts at Walmart and Harris Teeter. We had a milkshake eating contest at Steak and Shake. We went up to a "random" person's house two-by-two to ask for water. We pranked the boy's sleepover, I mean...man-party, and rapped the boy senior leaders truck. Then ended, of course, with playing some fun Truth or Dare. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZNB-O1JQs4
(haha, best video ever.)
It was SO fun. However, when everyone went to bed at about 3 in the morning, I had to stay awake. Why? Well, I had to be at school at 4:45 in the morning to leave on an activity bus for a theatre festival at Meredith College.
I slapped myself and yelled at the top of my lungs to stay awake driving to school. It was dark, cold, and raining. I ended up having to sit by the kid who threw on on the way...my head banging on the cold window as I attempted to fall asleep.
From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. I watched one-act plays...I slept through two of them...
It really was a relatively fun day. But I have never experienced such physical and mental tiredness. 


I slept still 12:30 today. I woke when the sun was out. I woke to wind blowing all the rain away. I woke to red, orange, and yellow leaves. I woke to the smell of leaves. I woke to the thought, "I can take a shower!" I woke to turtlenecks, dresses with tights, and cowboy boots.
It was a good morning. 


“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” 
― Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery


Isn't it incredible what a morning can do? What sleep can to for the mind, body, and spirit? When I am sleep deprived I think I become Audrey-deprived...less myself, because less of myself is awake and functioning...ah sleep : )