Counting Sheep....and Countries.

While I lived in Seoul I quickly adopted the habit of falling asleep with the TV on or my Ipod plugged into my ears.  I lived in a one room apartment on the 7th floor. Everything in Seoul is built right next too or on top of each other, creating a mass of noise well into the night.  I don't know if I was trying to drown it out, or add to it with a more familiar sound.  Maybe to drown out all my worries and anxieties about being where I was. But somehow it has become difficult for me to fall asleep to silence.  This week, when I haven't had to get up for anything, I'm all over the place - falling asleep in the middle of movies, waking up in the middle of the night, not being able to fall back to sleep.  But my slow mornings, where I mosey around with a cup of coffee in my pajamas, and piddle in my room or on the computer, are a real contribution to a peace of mind. 

I'm looking at Guatemala.  On Flickr. The plan is to look at it in person in June.  I like that idea.  It's the only one of all the ones I've had over the past month that I feel sure about.  Though the idea of going to Europe or even just Ireland this summer, is starting to appeal to me as well. I have nothing set in stone yet, except an impulse to go somewhere else.