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Night terrors.

Spiders.

I’ve had many, many, many nights of interrupted sleep in recent weeks due to spider nightmares.

Last night, sherlock woke me out of my nightmare. I don’t know what it was, but it was clearly spider-related. They always are. I must have been thrashing about or something.

I was terrified. I was drenched in sweat.

I laid awake for a while.

I turned off my cell phone alarm.

I did not get up and run this morning.

The fact is: I cannot get up at 525a if I’m wide awake at 1230a with adrenaline surging due to millions of spiders attacking me in my sleep.

The question, then, is what in my life is causing me stress to the point that I’m having so many spider nightmares?

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once again, I have nothing nice to say

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My Cousin-in-law took sick Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. Diagnosis: kidney stone at the front of his kidney. Over the weekend, the stone apparently grew considerably. He spent most of Saturday in the ER in agony. He was back at the doctor today. They want to operate to remove it, but he is apprehensive about the procedure, as most men would be, I imagine. But because he has started to run a fever, the doctor is only willing to wait until Wednesday for the stone to pass of its own accord. If he does not pass it by noon Wednesday, surgery is the only option.

Please think happy thoughts for R. He’s suffering terribly, as is his wife, who is agonizing over not being able to help the man she loves.

It’s a good thing they have Blue Advantage insurance, and that they are able to take the time off from work that has been required. I just hope he passes it like immediately and can start feeling better soon.

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to my dad, my husband, and all the other dads and dad-like figures out there.

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The driver of the ugly gold Chevy pick up truck, Florida Tag Number N525CJ, was totally smoking pot! I was behind him on my scooter, when the unmistakeable stench wafted toward me. It’s a smell I have never appreciated. I was appalled that he’d be smoking and driving! WTF?

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While I wait for my house guests to wake up (what time should I go wake them? They have a 400 mile drive ahead of them and want to be there before 5 my time), I thought I’d throw up some random thoughts to bore you with.

Because I’m killing time, I made myself a delicious omelet. I made it with some lunch meat (ham) and some chopped up tomatoes from my garden, and some Mexican cheese blend. Yummy. I love food so much. I could never be one of those people who do religious Fasting. The first time I ever heard of deliberately not eating was when I was a small girl in New Jersey. We took a trip to Boston, and whomever we were staying with, one of the people was fasting all day. I didn’t get it then, I don’t get it now.

I slept for maybe an hour last night before reader Sylvis and husband arrived around 120a. Then, at 2a, when I tried to go back to sleep, my body apparently thought that hour nap was all the sleep I needed. My body was wrong. I’m tired. But at least I don’t have a 400 mile drive ahead of me today.

I have opted not to tell my niece to be quiet, figuring the squealing 5 yo would wake my guests. It hasn’t worked yet. Maybe the baby my MIL now watches during the day will start crying and that will wake them.

I’m just anxious about their drive. I remember it taking forever to get where they’re going.

This is the baby my MIL began watching the first week of June:

She’s the second child of one of sherlock’s co-workers. I’m thrilled Ma is watching her (let’s call her Bailey). It’s amazing how the way you feel about the parents can color the way you feel about the children.

That picture was taken last Thursday. Sherlock caught the bass just as Bailey’s mom got here to retrieve Bailey. Mom wanted Bailey’s pic with the fish. If you’re my FB friend, you’ve already seen those pictures.

This coffee is so tasty. Pumpkin spice with cinnamon creamer. I love it.

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The a/c guy (recommended to me by my CIL - thank you!) got here around 330 and left around 430. He only took about $130 of my money with him. And… I am sitting in wonderfully conditioned air!

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My husband does not sleep. He gets maybe three hours of sleep per night, in thirty minute increments. He’s up and down all night, wandering the house, trying to find a quite place since that wife of his snores. He is tired all the time. As such, we frequently search for methods to help him get some sleep.

Have you heard of this product called Stemulite? I have been doing a bit of research about it. It was designed as an exercise aid. However, test subjects reported much more restful sleep while taking Stemulite.

My useless degree is in English, so I won’t attempt to understand the science behind this supplement, but if a product is made from natural ingredients and can ameliorate a person’s ability to sleep soundly, well, I’m intrigued. It apparently not only helps you sleep more soundly, but it makes you feel better rested during the day. As someone who has been feeling exhausted for something like my entire adult life, that’s a very appealing side effect.

They say exercising will help you sleep. But when I was training for my marathon last year, I found myself unable to sleep. It was so frustrating to be dead tired, and wide awake. I’m about to begin training for my next marathon, and the thought of losing more sleep is totally unappealing.

It’s outside my budget right now, but it is a product that I wouldn’t mind playing guinea pig for. And I’d happily volunteer my husband, too, since he would benefit from some sound sleep.

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Someone gave me a gift card. I bought this pair of jeans on sale for $15. I bought this patriotic tee shirt for $5. Verily, I really like this outfit:

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It didn’t occur to me to take a before shot of how gross our patio had become with Petri’s pee stains. This picture is taken after we poured a test spot of vinegar, which was then spread with the broom:

Here’s the patio after two vinegar soak sessions:

I need to scrub my bedroom’s patio door with more vinegar, as there are still stains all over the glass that glass cleaner couldn’t cut through, but it’s looking great out there. I bought a grout brush and scrubbed all the grout lines, so they’re pretty much normal color now. But I still need to do one or two more vinegar soaks out there to finish cleaning the tiles.

Patience is not, however, my virtue, so we have already re-purposed the patio, even if I’m not done cleaning it:

The tile is still wet in that picture from the rinse.

As much as I miss Petri, it’s kind of neat to be able to use the patio for a change, for the first time since we moved in.

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