Thank you, Insomnia

Last night's bout of insomnia brought forth great treasures.  I finally gave up trying to sleep and got out of bed and did the dishes.  Naturally you're thinking, why weren't they done before you went to bed anyway?  I would tell you that Sundays are incredibly lazy days, as God intended.  He even took a rest on that day.  I'd probably also tell you mind your own business.

Brighton even came to keep me company, but really he probably thought his chances of getting a treat were better if he spent time with the person in the kitchen, rather than the one that was in bed.  He was right; for his loyalty I gave him a treat of dried yams.  If I have to be on a diet then so does he.  I emptied the dishwasher, filled it again and wiped the kitchen counters down to an impressive sheen and made Jell-O with mandarin oranges.  'Cause... well, it's yummy and it would provide me with a snack on the morrow.  No matter how old I get I still feel like I need an after-school snack.

Then I took enough Melatonin to make a cow pass out and went back to bed. . . And figured out how to navigate should I be lost in the wilderness without the use of stars, or mossy tree trunks.  I can't take full credit since the idea was planted in my head when Jordan and I were watching a movie earlier about a group of men that escaped a POW work camp during WWII and walked from Siberia to India.  Which would be like walking from the US west coast to the east coast and back again.  They kept sticking a pine cone in the dirt, standing over it with one foot on either side.  The movie didn't explain what they were doing, but I had to assume they were navigating.

Because I was lying in bed not sleeping I had time to work out what they were doing.  The sun rises in the East, and sets in the West, so in the morning wherever the sun is would be East.  Since they were going South and wanted to make sure they weren't meandering in a south-east or south-west direction they stuck a pine cone in the dirt and the shadow stretching behind it would be West.  Sticking a foot on either side would represent North and South, the left foot North and the right foot south, if you're facing East that is.

Because I want to ensure you also don't get lost in the wilderness, I drew you a handy diagram.  I'm no artist though, so the perspective leaves a lot to be desired, this I realize.

So when if you get lost in the middle of nowhere you can think back to my expert rendering and will be thanking my insomnia.  I, however, will be thanking my insomnia a lot sooner when I get off work and have Jell-O waiting for me in the fridge.