Insomniac Ramblings

This is the second day in a row that I forgot I am no longer young enough to be drinking caffeine in the evening. So I have been having a hard time going to sleep and ending up tossing and turning all night long. Finally called it quits, so I have decided to do something 'useful' besides surfing the internet mindlessly and playing games.
Being on vacation gives us time to reflect on what we can do differently in our day to day lives to prevent monotony setting in. Or at least my vacation does, maybe yours is filled with activities! Well, I don't necessarily sit down in a corner and do nothing but reflect. It is more so just talking to friends and seeing how each one is doing different things to make life more exciting? enriching? meaningful? I also have the opportunity to observe lives being lived and from there glean certain things that I see that I say yes, that is how it should be, or no, that is not something I want to do.
I think what I mainly learned is that it is important to find someting that I am passionate about and see what I can do about it. The question is, What am I passionate about? Well, I love musicals. I love theater. I (used to) love singing, but I think my voice is horrible now from years of neglect. I would love to be able to sing classical songs. The next question is, will my neighbor still like me?? haha. Anyways, the next step would be to do something about it. Maybe I will take vocal lessons. I want to, I will have to work that out into my budget as they don't come cheap.
I also learned from this trip that the day does not end at 5pm!!! HAHAHA! I think I live a very sedate life. It is probably an insult to the word live. I think the word should be just being. Well, I guess the situation of living on one income that does not cover all our expenses probably has something to do with that. I am not divulging this information to get pity or sympathy. Just that this is the choice my husband and I made when we chose that I stay home with Cael in his first years. But I think that is something that we can work on. I mean, I can start looking around for part-time work. Or start selling stuff on Ebay or something. No one stops me except myself, right? So I think there will be some different steps taken when I get back from this long vacation. I am actually looking forward to it.