Sleep

What the heck?!! Why is it that when I really need to sleep, something conspires to prevent me from getting a good nights sleep. It could be a sick kid, a barking dog, or a howling windstorm...something always seems to keep me awake when I really need to sleep. I had an all day class today, and really needed to be alert, so of course I got almost no sleep last night.

It started last night when I got to bed late. No, that was my fault...I got a late start on my class reading and didn't finish until around 11:30pm. I was still good though, got to bed by midnight which gave me enough sleep time. But around 4am, I was awoken by the strangest sound.

My dog Cassidy was making this coughing/sneezing sound. It sounded like she had something caught in her nose and was trying to get it out. Naturally, I was very unsympathetic and rather annoyed. I checked and verified that she wasn't dying and told her to be quiet. Of course she chose to defy me and kept making that horrible snorting sound, so I did what any caring pet owner would do at 4 o'clock in the morning...I put her outside and closed the door.

After releiving myself, I was heading back to bed and noticed a giant pile of dog barf next to the door. What the hell?!! I thought about waking Vicki up, because I usually let her handle the late night animal issues, but I couldn't think of a good excuse as to why I couldn't clean it up. If I woke her up I would probably find myself sleeping outside. So I decided to pretend I didn't see it....Vicki gets up before me, she would see it, and clean it up. Pretty smart, huh?

So around 5:00am, I was awoken by another strange sound that sounded something like slurping. My other dog, Zoe was eating the dog barf! What the hell?!! I jumped out of bed, shooed her away, and made her go lay down. I was too tired to get up and lock her out of the room and mistakenly figured she would leave the vomit alone, after all, I HAD told her to go lay down. Around 5:30 I was awoken again by the slurping sound. I really didn't want to get out of bed, so I let her eat the barf...at least there would be less to clean up when the alarm clock went off.

Fortunately, I had angels looking out for me today. The class was great, and I stayed alert right up until the end.

Let's hope the dog sleeps better tonight