Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.-Ellen Goodman

Dear Fiona and Vladi,

You don't need to be up at 5:30. More importantly I DON"T NEED TO BE UP AT 5:30. This conspiracy you two have is less than charming.

Thanks,
The Queen of non morning people

I'm a terrible trumpet player.-Ray Stevens

More proof that Dave attracts weirdos.



Dave: There's this parking lot I go to at lunch sometimes and nap. It's a PG&E building but it must be 90% vacant because it's always really quiet there. Except for this one time when a guy was playing a trumpet.



Me: A trumpet?



Dave: Yeah he pulled in to the spot next to me and started playing a trumpet.

It's really the cat's house - we just pay the mortgage.-Author Unknown

We're moving. We got the house we really liked.

Now maybe we'll both be able to sleep again. Dave wasn't sleeping while we were looking for a place but started doing better as we were going through the process of getting our docs together. I was sleeping fine while we were looking but I haven't slept almost at all in the last few nights waiting for an official yes.

I feel better all ready. Of coarse I also got to take my morning walk and got to the gym for first time this week so perhaps that is why my tension is receding.

Now I just need to work myself up to being excited. At the moment I just feel daunted that I have to pack up an entire house.

No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.-Sheik Abd-al-Kadir*

Me: I'd like a grande iced mocha please



Starbucks lady: Okay can I get your name?



Me: Dani



Starbucks lady: With an "ni" or an "ny"?



Me: "ny" (pause) wait no, I mean "ni". Good god I need coffee



And then we both laughed at me until there were tears in our eyes



* I picked today's quote not just because it was about coffee but because frothy goodness sounded like something I would say.

I love that I'm able to work from home when I need to but Fiona has another cold (toddlers are fun!). She's had a fever for the last three days so no one in the house has slept very well for the last three nights. I'm trying to take care of her while getting my work done.

It is exhausting.

I know I had something or other I wanted to write and I think it was funny but I have no clue what it was any more.

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary.-Mitch Hedberg

A few thoughts



Note to self: No matter how tasty it sounds coffee at bedtime=NOT A GOOD IDEA!


This morning I saw a squirrel and a bird having a fight. I think the squirrel would win.

I should get an I.M. account at home so when I can't sleep I can have incoherent conversations with other insomniacs.

When Fiona smiles she looks just like my brother.

A shrine to someone who was killed outside the gym I just joined. Oh joy!


Edit
Mental note watch out for wet floors at the gym. Hope P heals fast.

Insomnia

Dear Brain,

I appreciate everything you've done for me. All the times you provided the random piece of information I needed to feel smarter than the actual Jeopardy contestants. And I forgive you for those times you were polite and let my mouth go first and it didn't work out. But if you'd just shut up for a bit so I could fall asleep that would be great.

Thanks bunches
Dani

Next I'll Get Her a Tatoo and a Pack of Smokes

While doing some online shopping for my SIL (AB's) baby shower I discovered there actually is such a thing as sleep medicine for baby's. As much as I complain about teaching Fiona how to sleep I think that is just disgusting. "I'm too lazy to do sleep training or just get up when the baby cries so I'm going to just drug my child." Despicable!

Stupid Things That Keep Me Awake at Night

The plot problems that made me stop watching Alias.

What are the statistics on Hippo Attacks?

Things I need to pack for a trip we're taking in October.

Why are my knees touching? I don't want my knees to touch.


The plot of the book I'm reading.

Grocery Lists

That one scene in Eclipse that pisses me off. (I've actually lost multiple nights of sleep over this)

Strategy for playing Roller coaster Tycoon.

Remembering embarrassing things I said or did years ago.

Clever things I should have said in conversations past.





What keeps you awake at night aside from the normal things?

Ode to Fiona's Cold

You scream and cry
Dave feels your head
You're much to warm
You sleep in our bed

We try to sleep
With you between
We toss and turn
And still you scream

No sleep for two nights
It isn't right
Finally no fever
You slept through the night

Love ya baby girl. Sorry I brought home that cold.

I don't know why colds seem to inspire me to write doggerel.

So Insomnia We Meet Again

It's been a bad week. Our solar panels broke so they had to send a part out for repair. The Air conditioner broke so they have to order a new part. The TV broke and they've replaced the broken part but we can't hook it back up yet because it's too big for Dave to lift alone & I'm not strong enough to help him lift it up to where it needs to be. Because we have no air conditioning I can't sleep and I can't go out in the living room and watch tv because the tv doesn't work. I've been grieving for my friends who lost a baby. Their loss also makes me think about the baby we lost last year and then I feel guilty because their tragedy is not about me. Add to all that some unfair criticism of my parenting and house keeping skills and the every day stresses of a to do list that's too long and a bank account that's too small and you have the recipe for a Dani meltdown. I can't wait for Friday.

Veteran Status

Fiona has this thing where she won't sleep very well if she's not wrapped up tightly with her arms pined to her sides. This was not really an issue until recently because we had these things called swaddlers which were kinda like a cross between a blanket and a straight jacket for babies. Unfortunately Fiona's now to big for them and escapes from them Incredible Hulk style which causes her to wake up which in turn causes us to wake up. While she learns to sleep without being bound like a mummy we're trying a few alternatives. Last night I put her in this thing called a sleep sack that's pretty much what it sounds like, a sack with sleeves but in an attempt to keep her arms in check I didn't put them in the sleeves and tucked the empty sleeves behind her. When I went in to her room around 2 am because she woke up she had managed to get her left arm all the way in to the sleeve this made 2 impressions on me. First marvel at the evidence that she is clearly a genius, not even six months old and mastering one of the basics of dressing herself. Second with the other sleeve empty and tucked neatly away she looked like the worlds smallest injured veteran this made me sad.

BTW if my posts seem extra incoherent or angry today that's 'cause for the second night this week I only slept for about 3 hours last night. This was not Fiona's fault I just couldn't get my brain to turn off.

Fiona I'd like to apologize for passing on all my weird sleep issues. On the up side someday when asked to tell your first grade class about your family you'll be able to say, "I have Daddy's eyes and Mommy's insomnia." Love ya baby girl.