Monday Night. . . late. On Writing.

It's late (as if that wasn't clear from my post title), and I can't sleep.  What's wrong with me?  My mind is stewing, brewing, and percolating an idea.  This is my real curse.  Once I start to think about something, and I mean REALLY think about something. . . plan it, embrace it, internalize it. . . then I can't let it go.  My mind works with it until it becomes something--sometimes what I envisioned, sometimes something really different, but something--and I dream it, and taste it, and roll it around in my mind until it does. 

I've been thinking about an article I want to write for an early childhood education magazine about connecting outdoor learning and play to the curriculum, and yesterday I went out to lunch by myself and the outline sprung from my head almost exactly the way I want it.  And tonight I sat down and wrote the darn proposal.  Again, it sprung from my head, almost complete.  I've never known anyone else who does this kind of thing--should I be troubled by it?  To be honest, it does trouble me, mostly when the idea is stewing, because it seems like I am procrastinating and I'm NOT a procrastinator, and I don't want to be seen as one, but the stewing time is necessary.  I guess I don't mind the work springing from my mind full-grown though.  Tomorrow I will share it with my coworker, and see if there's anything she wants to add or edit.  Rereading it might not be a bad idea, but I know my mind, and when this happens, I'm always happy with the result.

I love an idea burst.  Sometimes I have those, and they are pretty amazing.  It's like a switch in my mind turns on for a period of time (usually weeks) and I have all these amazing ideas, and I can barely keep up with them.  I keep a notebook in my purse, so I can write them all down, and actually be able to find them later when I need them.  When I was quilting (as a business) they used to last a long time, but I don't get them as much anymore, or maybe I just don't notice them as much, because I'm so busy. 

Well, I better go to bed, 4:50  a.m. comes really early.