Alpha, Beta Brain Power

Im exhausted! I got off the phone with Dennis about an hour or so ago and was still wired. Those of you who know my personality shouldn't be all that surprised.......today was amazing! Its one of those days you can't help but say ....wow, God is Awesome! So many things happened today that I have had to stop over and over again to just thank Him. Ill try to share more about that in the coming days, but suffice it to say, Im flying.

After getting off the phone the first thing I dug into was starting to pack up some of the items that closed today in my Ebay auctions. Over $800 worth of books closed. Im so excited! Im doing this well one, to cross off another on my 101 list, but two to pay for my kids field trips with their class trips again this year. Ashley wants to go to DC, New York, Williamsburg, etc with the 8th grade class, just as her brother did last year...I hardly blame her, but thats an expensive trip to pay for, never mind back to back two years in a row. Emily also wants to attend her class trip and the 4th grade class does the California Capital trip, not as expensive, but still on top of all the other expenses at the beginning of the year paying for her trip, since it is in October just adds up. So I tackled Ebay, Im shocked....amazed and excited, Ive done so well. So I boxed up 8 of the 9 things Ill be shipping (unless more is payed for first thing in the morning). So Im ready to fall in bed, but I need to excercise my brain.

Leslie, the 8th grade teacher at school, did a small explanation of what she hopes to teach her kids this year about what she learned over the summer about Alpha Brain Waves. In peach terms this is what I make of it. After understanding that my brain is usually in full speed rush hour mode...otherwise known as Beta Brain Waves....Alpha, effortless....not really me :P.....but as we doze off to sleep our brain gears down into Theta and Delta waves. During the period that we are sleeping (dreaming) our brain is still working......if we have too much going on in our head this is the reason why we have a hard time sleeping. Leslie explained to us if the kids would only look over their lessons the last five minutes before they turned off the lights, their brain waves would work all night long processing that information, effectively helping them score higher on tests and no need to cram. She said she tested this all summer long with her schooling and found it to be true. She scored higher.

With all this in mind, Ive decided to make sure I end each day ...reading the bible. How much more important and reassuring would each day be ahead if I spent the night reflecting on God's word, and not worrying about my silly things all night long. And so, with that....I will fall into bed and try to rev up my Delta and let go of my Beta :)