Okay, so it's hard to be clever at 7:43 in the morning. I'm up (since 6:30; I awoke at 4:33, but while that's a decent time on a weekday so I can get more things done in the morning, it wasn't a pleasant idea on a Saturday!), and I felt like writing something. I guess I don't always have to be clever and witty!
I did, however, crash, last night. I've been giving in and going to bed by about 7:45 or so this past week (I had to laugh when I thought about that yesterday -- when I was a little girl, my parents made me go to bed at 7:30 -- guess because they knew I'd sneak books or lie there off in my own little world of imagination...like I was during the day, for the most part...) and I got so mad. I remember clearly, once, my mother saying, as I blubbered my way into my room, "Some day you're going to wish you could go to bed this early and you won't be able to!"
Oh, horrors! Never! Adults got to stay up as late as they wanted! 7:30? Never! I wanted to stay up until that magical hour of midnight, when dolls began to dance and the house came alive with ghosts and creatures from other realms!
Once...I did. I awoke at just before midnight and got all excited. I lay there, waiting for the hands on my little see-through alarm clock (it was made of clear plastic, so I could see all the gears and springs and doohickeys ticking away) to stand straight up at attention. They did and --
Absolutely nothing happened.
I was so disappointed. Another childhood dream dashed away...no singing Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. No fairies coming out. No gnomes and unicorns appearing in the yard below my window. When I mentioned my disappointment to my parents (in my now-adult mind's eye looking back, I realize they had to bite back smiles), I was informed I had to be asleep in order for all of that to happen. That was the magic of it all.
Lousy technicality!
So last night, I had my dinner and watched an episode of Perry Mason, then lay on the couch playing a game of solitaire on my iPhone. I got very sleepy, and thought, "Oh...I'll just lie here and doze a bit."
And -- BAM! Next thing I know, it was 8:45. I'd been asleep for over an hour. I guess those really early mornings are catching up to me, even though I haven't done that in a while. I get up at 4:30 (well, the alarm goes off then, and I'm usually up by 4:45) so I have time to do everything I want to do, and still get to work on time. Surprisingly, it's been very easy to get up then.
However, when I went back to sleep, I did have a very odd dream that I came home from work and not only discovered my apartment had changed into a college dorm room, but was still here in the same building, someone had left not only a Wii with the game Rock Band, but a full set of instruments...including an antique Marshall amp that had once been used by Buddy Holly.
Alllll rigghty, then, as Jim Carrey said in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
(No I am NOT thinking about getting a Wii, the game or the instruments...I have an iPhone to pay off and a new laptop to save up for. While I do like this one as it's a big step up from what I have, it's literally falling apart...the little plasict bar on the front of the CD tray pops off every time I open it, and the two USB ports on the right side quit working. Additionally, I'm working on getting my emergency fund built back up. So no, Andrew -- I'm not thinking about getting a Wii. :-) I wouldn't use it often enough. I will cross over to the "Dark Side" only so far!)
There's one little app on my phone I really like -- best $0 I've ever spent! -- that's been very helpful for budget-minding. You're supposed to be able back up all the transactions, but every time I try, I'm told the server is down or too busy. So I decided to see if there was some help in the FAQ section of their help area of the app...and was delighted to see that it was very comprehensive.
All in Japanese.
Doomo-Arigato, app!
Fall is here, and with it chilly nights I call "change-over" weather...it's too warm for full PJs and a comforter when you go to bed, but some point in the night it is, and then you get hot with the extra covers later. It's also the kind of "umbrella and sunglasses" weather my father jokes about; we get that this time of year and in the Spring.
Anyhoo -- I think that's all for now. Not much else to report!
-- H
