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an insomniatic moment

an insomniatic moment

Hello fellow bloggers….bloggees?……bloggettes?…… .hmmm……..Hi friends. It is 1:43 to be exact. No not post lunch time…but past bedtime. Those of you that know me well, know I suffer from insomnia. In fact my hubby yesterday morning, or maybe that was this morning….downfall of not spending much time in the REM stage, is you sometimes get your days (and nights) mixed up, and you tend to get off track. Okay, I’m back…..anyhow my guy said he feels like he is married to a vampire…..not the most romantic thing I have ever heard…..maybe he means like one of those sexy vampire people who bore the heck out anyone over 40…..you know, those pasty peeps from the  moonlight? …..sunset?…….Sunrise series. OMG…I have officially become my grandma overnight……well, maybe not yet….I can still name the top three in American Idols…..Lee, Crystal, and Sexy. Whew, I am okay….the fact that I noticed Casey is a hottie, means I still gotta  pulse :)  

Lately I tend to hit the sack when the rooster crows….. Cock-a doodle-doze…hey, that would be an awesome name for a sleeping pill…..I could even paint a rowdy red rooster with one eye closed on the front of the package. Under the name I would print “Don’t be a bird brain, get some sleep!” I actually took a Unisom (shouldn’t it be “an” Unisom……isn’t there a rule about the letter “a” before another vowel?….. Kristen help?!…… I’m so lucky to have a truly brilliant friend. If I were a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire….K. would have to be my phone life-line person…..you know, that bright friend who doesn’t skip a beat when Regis slowly asks “What island is 38 degrees south of the Pangowa coastline?” While most of us would be asking Reege to repeat the question, Kristen would say the correct answer in two seconds flat. K. is your go-to gal!

  Anyhow two nights ago, I finally took a Unisom OTC sleeping pill. I hate drugs and I loathe pills….Ha!…..funny coming from a gal who has to take close to 15 pills a day! You learn to down those puppies quick…I can take five pills at once. Hmmm, guess that’s not something you would put on a resume…….I spouted out that odd information with some level of pride…what a dork I am sometimes. Bottom line is…Unisom works. I just woke up an hour ago.

Besides being called a vampire this morning…or was it yesterday morn….maybe last night?……oh well…. anyhow my spunky quick-witted teen, Emma…or is it Emily?…..Edward? ….no that’s the other sullen teen that needs a mystic tan. sorry,……. anyhow…..Emil…..hmmm……my daughter, compared my humor to that of  a middle schooler! How rude!

 I must admit I am somewhat smitten (what a silly word…perfect new word for a tiny cat…sort of like a shirt size between a small and a medium, is called a ”smedium”) anyhow, I love silly humor, and yes I think an occasional fart joke, a loud whoopee cushion, and the real thing is somewhat funny….okay totally hysterical. Don’t get me wrong, I truly dig dry intelligent humor…..George Carlin in my opinion was pure genius. (ohhh, I can’t believe I just had to type in “was”, I had to make my fingers do it, and it had nothing to do with PD ….God Bless you George, we miss and love you!) 

My humor has developed to the point that I can actually now understand at least half of a Will Durst comedy routine.  However, I still fall off the chair laughing every time I watch the campfire seen in Mel Brooks “Blazing Saddles” . I giggle non-stop when Bill Murray clings to the underbelly of Richard Dreyfuss’ car in “What About Bob”, and the scene in ”The Woman in Red”, where Gene Wilder is hiding in the car from Gilda Radner. When she spots him crunched down in the backseat, she approaches his car, reaches in, and releases the emergency brake! Poor Gene ends up barreling down a steep  S.F. street. I also adore Steve Martin….he is a warm fuzzy kind of funny. Then my middle schooler side is mad over Jim Carey. I guess you could say I’m a cheap laugh. I’m the kinda gal you want in a front row seat if you’re making your debut at the Punchline.

Well gang, this is what you call a BLOG POST……Basically Left Over Goofy Pointless Opinions Shared Tonight. Thanks gang  for listening to me rattle on till I got….yaaawwwwn….sleepy. nighty night. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The best things in life are free

The best things in life are free
Yellow Bud at PMZ

Last to leave the party. One lonely bud on a baron bush.

We had a quiet weekend, no teenager…Emma was with her dad . Terry and I slept in…..okay I slept in. His idea of sleeping in, is getting up at 7:30 a.m. I have been really great about getting to bed early the past few weeks, but last night I was once again a night owl…hoot…hoot. Snuck into bed at 5:oo a.m, tried to avoid waking the sleep police. My hubby is the Chief of Sleep, the Deputy of Dreams, the Regulator of REM (rapid eye movement), and the Sargeant of Snoozing. He watches me like a hawk, and lectures me on the importance of proper sleep.  autumn tree

I know his words come from a place of love, I know he is totally right, but I am still so entranced with the magical hours between 2:oo and 5:oo a.m. The world seems asleep, and my creative visions come to life. It is when my spirit is free and everything just flows. My favorite artwork is usually painted during these hours.

After I showered and the meds kicked in we went out for a cozy lunch and took a drive. I love these lazy kind of days. No worries, no work, time to chat, catch up and connect. He had to run to his office to pick up some paperwork and I sat in the car and waited. As I sat there I glanced around and was reminded of the beauty that surrounds us everywhere. We get moving so fast and fill our heads with thoughts of things we need to do….we begin to sleepwalk. The camera was in the backseat, so I quickly grabbed it and took a few shots of some ordinary magic. Goal for 2010….keep remembering the best things in life are free.

autumn leaves