So here I am, at 3:40 a.m., asking you if I'm awake in your dreams, please, please, put me to sleep. It can be as normal as in a nightgown in my own bed, or lying on a loveseat with my feet hanging over the edge or as bizarre as on a giant rock in the wilds of Westeros, with a direwolf at my side. But I beg you, put me to sleep.
If you leave me eyes-wide-open in your cozy dream, I will continue to get up in the middle of the night, running the dishwasher, reading books, drinking wine, eating cherries and raspberries, deciding to cut my hair, re-stocking my pantry by size and colour of content, silently but vituperously ranting about the government, adapting all my recipes with raisins to recipes with craisins, and planning a wardrobe made up entirely of things which touch my body only at the shoulders.
Do the right thing.
You sure make the wee hours count.
ReplyDeleteSweet, sweet dreams. I have faith in you tonight!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh, Lorna, though I do agree it's no fun laying awake late at night or early morning.
ReplyDeleteAs an insomniac myself, I so identify with what you describe--only I don't allow myself to get out of bed anymore. I will turn on the light and read--and admittedly, I'll take Advil PM or something stronger sometimes. How I envy people (and I bet Dave is one of them) who lay down and instantly go to sleep--and stay asleep until morning.
ReplyDeleteSorry it is not me. I recently have awakened at a similar time for no reason--heart not racing or pounding, not sneezing and wheezing, not hungry--just awake. So I either click around on ye ole laptop or watch something on TV which is usually an infomercial at that time--the infomercial is as good as a sleeping pill.
ReplyDeleteI want to know who this person is 'cause they've been doing it for years. Sigh.
ReplyDeletei promise i will tuck you in if you show up; but you have to do the same for me. perhaps we should play words with friends.
ReplyDeleteI rather like that theory...someone should write a story about it. Then again, I guess you just did, and quite a wonderful one, too. It even has raspberries in it
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Oh dear. I am such a sleeper. I can't relate.
ReplyDelete::::::handing Lorna a cup of Cocoa:::::::::::::
Good luck dearest..