Thanks for the reply.
I tried meditating today but my thoughts really seemed to take over. At one point my back hurt so I layed on my back. At another point I drifted off into the past and tried to relive really sweet moments thinking I could send love and gratitude. I would keep coming back to my breath but after 40 minutes my leg fell asleep and I had to start moving around. I am grateful for the experience but noticed my mind was very chatty this time around. I also started to daydream where I hadn't much awareness of the thoughts playing, kind of like they started having a life of their own and I felt too drained to recall what was going on.
It helps to have techniques for bringing energy up and down your astral spine and centering energy in the chakras. It is much like driving a car...in the sense that u never can drift off to long because u would cease to be driving.