A call of a different kind.
It was soft against the background of our parting conversation at first. I wasn't sure I'd even heard it at all. But once I'd settled back into that safe and cozy part of my world here in this strange house, it came as a cruel reminder. Lightning flashed briefly against an otherwise darkened exterior, followed by the commanding sound of thunder. The irony wasn't lost on me as I pulled the sheets around me like a security blanket.
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And I'd be more poetic and awesome if I could, but I was given melatonin. That plus 20 minutes of sleep the previous night equals one redheaded gal crashing hard. A nice change of pace from the crushing hard of last night.
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And I'd be more poetic and awesome if I could, but I was given melatonin. That plus 20 minutes of sleep the previous night equals one redheaded gal crashing hard. A nice change of pace from the crushing hard of last night.