Insomnia

[dimplezusa]

So, I have been awake since 4 am after going to bed at 1:30 am. Yuck. And it was not restful sleep at all during those 2.5 hrs. I was temporarily awoken because it was rather hot in the bedroom. Apparently, the pumpkin head decided to play with the thermostat, while his daddy was watching him. Cranked it to 90 degrees. I, of course, lowered it as soon as I discovered what he had done. Then I went back to sleep. After mostly dozing off, I was again awoken by a MASSIVE crash of thunder. This only temporarily interrupted my sleep as I was able to doze back off quickly. Next, the air conditioner kicked on. Once the cold air started blowing on my bare back, that of course woke me up again. But that was not to be the end of it. I was able to roll over and fall back asleep within a matter of minutes. Then I started having a disturbing dream. I dreamt that I was in bed and heard a strange noise in the house. I reached over and shook Rog and made him get up and investigate. He gave me a quick kiss, put on his glasses, and told me I was over-reacting until we heard the noise again. This struck me as odd, since I never have him get up and investigate weird noises. Even while pregnant, I'd tell him to stay in bed and I'd go look. (Even though he is an army vet, I am still better in hand to hand combat.) Thus, I knew I was dreaming. However, because I have been known to incorporate real noises like ringing phones into my dreams, I forced myself to wake up in order to investigate if it was a real noise or just a dream one. And I have been up ever since. However, I was able to ascertain that the weird noise was the sump pump turning on in conjunction with the air conditioner kicking on at the same time. Had I been awake, I probably would have surmised that immediately, but I'm not a quick in my dreams. Managed to finish my voting and check all of my email accounts plus read some news articles. My heart and thoughts go out to the people involved in the horrible accident on 57 over Memorial Day. I am SO grateful that Rog was not on the road during that time, since he was in Mattoon that day and usually takes 57 home. He did however witness the aftermath of it and said it was catastrophic. I'm especially saddened by the family and friends of the women mentioned in this article:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/news/2010-06-02/mississippi-family-friend-fatal-i-57-collision-always-volunteering.html

To lose one person in such a manner is atrocious. To lose multiple people is a tribulation.