struggling

I've been feeling very lack-luster recently. I just don't seem to be that interested in my daily life. This is pretty silly, because my life is quite interesting - fun family, good books, good shows, fun games to play, projects to do, friends to make ... a little girl who takes pens off my desk and colors on my papers with them. But I wake up in the morning and just don't feel excited about it.

Part of it, I think, is that I'm in a dream cycle. I go through periods of time when I dream vividly every night, and I often find that I'm much less well rested when that's going on because my brain never stops being active and aware ... plus my dreams are a lot more unexpected than my daily life, so inherently more gripping.

This trouble doesn't worry me too much because it feels temporary. I think as the temperature warms up, the field of ice that has been my view since we moved here starts to melt, and I get a better handle on life here (socially, organizationally, schedule-wise) things will improve. But until then ... you can't be too out of sorts with a little girl who makes the Power Rangers hug each other while declaring that "they're family."