Sweet dreams are made of this...

A funny thing happened the other night, and it reminded me of a similar incident that had occurred about ten years ago.

The other night, I went to bed with my television on, which isn't unheard of, for me. At about 2 or 3 in the morning, I woke from a sound sleep, which also isn't unheard of for me.  (It's been years since I've slept completely through the night.) I glanced around my room, looking for my cat, who usually sleeps on my bed, curled up against me, but I couldn't locate him. I expanded my search further, and found him, his form in front of the TV, staring at the screen, backlit by an infomercial. Only one thought crossed my mind...

They're heeeere!

Chuckling, I rolled over and went back to sleep.  I'm so glad I have my sense of humor.  I'd hate to think of myself sitting up all night, afraid to close my eyes.

Ten years ago, I was dating a woman who had two children, a daughter who was around 10, with really long, blonde hair and a son who was around 4, who sported a brown crewcut. Being that she lived a good distance away, we usually just saw each other on weekends, and I'd stay the night. We went to the theater to see the remake of Dawn of the Dead on one such weekend. The following weekend, I went and stayed over again. I usually slept on the sofa, but as I had become a stable fixture in their lives, it was the first night I slept in her bed with her, while the kids were home.

I awoke in the morning, bleary-eyed to a fuzzy world, as I have to wear glasses to see properly. In the doorway stood her daughter, in her nightgown, with her hair draped down her back, like a cape. It was Easter, and she had gotten up early, and wanted to wake us so we could get to celebrating. That time, the first thing that had entered my mind...

"Eeeeeeeeggs"

 My girlfriend woke to the bed shaking from my silent laughter. It took me a good five minutes before I could explain to her why I was laughing. She admitted that if it had been her, she wouldn't have handled that nearly as well.

I hope you enjoyed my anecdotes. I'm sorry this post is on the short side. We are in outage at work, and long days paired with lack of energy are to blame. Truth be told, I almost didn't post anything, but I've been trying to crank out at least one entry a week.

Yay willpower!