Insomniac Hour

Have you ever have one of those nights that you feel so tired

you've worked all day

made dinner (or picked up some El Pollo Loco)

washed dishes

put the kids to bed

picked up arond the house some more

you just can't possibly keep your eyes open a minute longer

can't possibly fold that last load of laundry that's calling your name cause you'll be looking for those socks in the morning

you stumble to bed

and as soon as your head hits the pillow

You're W I D E awake!!

Last night was one of those nights

I hate those nights!

Alot of the times it's usually me waking up in the middle of the night

because I've forgotten to put the "sleep" timer on the tv

I wake up to the rumbling laugh of the audience on the David Letterman Show

or even worse Late night with Craig Ferguson, I find him so funny that I begin to laugh along

I know what you're thinking, the same thing my hubby thinks

Turn off the tv before you fall asleep

Well I simply can't!

The tv is the only way that I can get my brain turned off long enough to fall asleep

I'm usually asleep before the opening credits roll on movies

before House's case is presented to him

or right before they're about to break the case on Dateline...ugghh!!

Once I'm up

I'm up

and I get stuck in marathons of Intervention

For some odd reason

my brain will not turn off when I'm watching the most depressing things

I will wake up at 1am and watch reruns of Intervention til 4am,

knowing darn well that I need to be at 6am for work

My brain will not shut off!

I will lie awake getting pulled into their story

feeling the pain of the family

and crying tears as the intervention begins

Last night I was pulled into All the Pretty Horses

An older movie

a slow movie

a cowboy movie

a story of friends

a story of love

a story of the pain

I think I may have laughed once

depressing, I tell ya'

but there I was sucked in again

It was actually a pretty good movie

such a love story

I can be such a hopeless romantic sometimes...

but I was sucked in and watched it from beginning to end

without dozing off once!

Part of my problem was my stomach has been bothering me the past few nights

The boy and hubby were passed out in our bed

So around midnight, I moved the boy into his room

Was irritated hubby was fast asleep

while I was clearly wide awake!

So I proceeded to turn the fan on and off, on and off, trying to figure it out

Pretty loudly opened the front door

(not on purpose of course!)

unlock, unlock, opened the paint stuck by the heat of the night door

(which is right by our room)

Not a rumble or even a look from the room

unlock, unlock open the screen door

Nothing again

Run out to my car

get some medicine

Close the door

lock, lock

Nothing!!

Doesn't he know I'm wide awake??!!

Then I have to realize he's been working a crazy full schedule

helping my brother with home renovations all weekend

he deserves to be tired

but hey, I'm a woman,

I'm moody

I'm tired

I'm probably hungry

so I'm irritated!

Then I do the just before bed routine of brushing teeth, washing my face

and

I think that now I may be tired enough to hit the sack

turn on the tv

and you guessed it... I was sucked in again!