in the zone

today i was in the zone.  not the kind where you experience this surge of assuredness where you accomplish everything your fingers touch.  no.  i was in the other one.  the abyss of the mind.  zoned out, if you will.

i don't mind this all too often.  it happens to let the mind rest and sort and piece things together.  afterall, the mind needs to relax and sleep just creates dreams.  but today, i wanted to accomplish so much.

and as i would work on my quilt blocks, my mind would go blank.  erased.  empty.  clean.  and time would stand still.  and when i would come to again.  i had accomplished nothing.  but rest for my mind.  everyone has to turn into a pumpkin sometime.