Quiet Please

Things to do at 4am when the house is silent Until something is missing from your life, you do not realise how precious it is. In my case it is sleep. It is amazing how quiet the house seems when you are the only one awake. Correction: the house is quiet, my mind is too loud. I have had insomnia on and off since I was in my teens. Just for fun throw night terrors and teeth grinding into the mix. If only I could determine the root I would banish it to hell. This may sound melodramatic to someone who has never suffered from the grip of insomnia, but let me tell you sleep deprivation is not pretty. It makes me a tad grumpy and I start forgetting important things. Ambian and Tylenol PM cannot even tame this beast. Of course I fall asleep but....boing its 4am and I am wide awake. I am even convinced that because at precisely 4 to 4:30 am consistently I awake, this has some symbolic meaning. See, it makes you nuts. Last night, I thought choir practice was after the 7 pm service, but no, it was before and I missed it. I felt like such an ass. I'm losing my mind. The baking went swimmingly well and I was able to knock out about 9 dozen pfeffernusse cookies, 24 zucchini bread cupcakes and 2 loaves of zucchini bread. I was toying with the idea of making some maccaroons, but am too tired. I was up from 4:30 to 6:15 and went back to bed till 7 am. I have to get dressed..oh yeah and showered, so I can drop the stuff off at work (on my day off) for the bake sale. When I get home I have cleaning to do ... hmmm or play in the garden. It is absolutely beautiful out today. The paper said it should reach 72! Can you believe that? I went out front when Dave left for work and, much to my delight, there are some new flowers coming up..I forget what bulbs I put where. They might be red glads..what a fun surprise. Guess I'll just have to wait and find out. I found some really fun blogs in the wee hours and will be listing them later today. Its amazing how much time you can kill reading about other people. I guess its the voyour in all of us, though, that makes blogs so successfull! Please pardon any misspellings, I am working with half a brain right now. Stay off the roads...I will be behind the wheel of my Element soon. Peace