I stopped making video of myself sleeping after the curiosity dried up. But lately I have to ask if I’m not sleep-thrashing like some kind of chupacabra land-devil. Pillows thrown across the room, sheets torn, I foggily remember pushing the weighted blanket off my face lest it suffocate me. Why would I wrestle with a weighted blanket? 

I remember laughing at the bed after Crystal left. It looked like like a wrestling match had occurred. I guess you could say it had. But the sheets and blankets asunder looked like a tornado had blown through.

Now I’m creating this kind of carnage on my own. What does it mean?

Look at what I guess is the same kid I’ve seen before, in a building across Williams Street, running around and playing in a room that looks like an office to me but maybe it’s actually residential. Today I actually see two kinds, one looks not much older than an infant.

I thought I’d be late to work today. Late, by my chronically-early standard, is defined as arriving less than an hour before I am supposed to start. I screwed up the subway but can’t blame myself too much. There was no downtown express 4/5 trains so why did they not tape off the entrance to that track? I think when I realized I should be on the upstairs local track and when I went up there I left  a lot of people unaware. I could have been a samaritan but I wasn’t totally certain my advice would have been sound.

When I finally got down here the crowd at the place I get eggs and a banana was a mob scene, unlike any Saturday I can remember. What usually takes 4 or 5 minutes took 15, an agonizing difference in my temporality.

It mostly just means I don’t get to take my time with this morning mental stramble. And the meds I take might require a booster for me to settle down. A booster is not advised at this time since my supply is running low, and refill won’t be possible until Wednesday.  

Today is July 51st, 2022.

Spotted Lanternflies aplenty down here. It must be all the crops and forestry. Those critters seem unstoppable. For every one I stomp I’ll see a dozen more squished by others. Apparently it’s like the locusts in some parts of Staten Island.

OK, I think I’m settled down now. Might take one more half milligram of Lorazapam, though…