Good morning. Golly, sleep was NOT my friend last night. He came to bed about 9 last night and within 5 minutes a soft snore could be heard. I knew that it would get louder at some point...LOL! About 11 pm I found that I had dozed off, so turned the TV off and snuggled in. About 1:30 I heard him get up to use the bathroom which prompted me to have to. I was also a tad warm which will always wake me up. Both of us back in bed, I found I was still hot and my mind, OH MY MIND! I could not stop it from whirring. I heard the grandfather clock chime 2 pm, dong, dong. Yet, I tossed, back and forth, back and forth, trying to go back to sleep. He was tossing around too even though I could hear the light snore. I laid there and told myself that if I heard the dang clock go off at 3, I would just get up and read. Thankfully, the next thing I knew it was 6:30 and he was in the living room clanking his oatmeal bowl, scraping the sides. When I was a child I didn't sleep either. We, the family of five, lived in a tiny 2 bedroom house, and my parents bedroom was just right there. I shared a bedroom and bed with my little sister, not pleasingly either, till I got married at age 19. My brother had a bedroom off the kitchen, an enclosed patio that leaked the entire time we owned the house. When it rained Dana and I would feel Brian snuggle in that the end of our bed, just trying to stay dry and warm. I was a light sleeper, but over the years it has gotten better, until recently. When a little girl I would lay in bed for hours just writing stories in my head or playing one-potato, two-potato with my knees and hands, over and over again. Unfortunately there is a downside to living in a small house, with a bedroom right next to my parents, a mother who never allowed the bedroom doors to be shut, and a little girl that NEVER slept, I heard things. Yes I heard a LOT of things a little child should never hear. But, it is what it was. Now, I'm back to the not sleeping thing, my mind, once it gets a little conscious will not go back to slumberland. It will pass as it has before but man it is exhausting. I think this reunion thing is on my mind plus we are hosting another get together in a couple weeks at the cabin and I've been menu planning. We've been away from the cabin for a week and then this weekend too. It's just too long to be away from my perfect place. Onward to today, Tuesday. #sleeping #notsleeping #childhoodmemories

Posted by Granny-Artist at 2024-04-30 13:17:16 UTC