Sleep Deprivation

Not me but it captures the feeling nicely















Being the bookworm that he is, this is where
Bob & M.A. stayed while in Ocracoke

Same story, different day. I struggled falling asleep again Tuesday night. I probably fell asleep close to 1am but my sleep was shallow and broken. Surprisingly though, I didn’t feel nearly as tired Wednesday AM as I thought I might. I was able to get through my exercise routine with little if any trouble. I’ve been down this road a couple times past and the sleepies usually catch up to me sometime into the day.

Mindy didn’t need a packed lunch for what would be her last official day of school with kids. I was happy that I only had to pack for myself. I made both our breakfasts like normal. I watered both front and back flowers before readying for work. We haven’t had a solid amount of rain in a couple of weeks. Because of this, our lawns are showing significant stress, and it’s so early in the season. In fact, my lawn still hads’t had a chance to show its full spring beauty prior to this dry spell. For whatever reason, my lawn is always slow to thicken despite better than usual care. I’ve been told it’s the strain of blue grass. We’ve had scattered storms almost daily but none have hit here at home all the while the temperature hovers at or near 90. We’ve had 15 of the 29 days so far in May at or above 80 degrees. I am not certain if that’s a record but they’re making a big deal of it on the news. I hope for overnight showers. Those are the absolute best. On a positive note, my tomato plants are growing seemingly overnight due to the steamy conditions.

Work was eventful, just as it always is. I was waiting to hear from Mr. Imber to confirm Wednesday evening golf. However, come run time, I still hadn’t heard a thing. My run went well – shirtless of course. And just like I figured, the sleepies set in just before hand. I was yawning big time in our staff meeting. But, for whatever reason, being over tired was not impacting my run. In fact, I’m surprised at how easy my runs have been in this early heat and humidity. Usually the first few days with temps near 90 and humidity levels above 50% I am dragging.

Upon my return to the office I saw that Bob emailed about tonight’s golf. He and Mary Ann just got back from Ocracoke yesterday and golf would be a stretch for him, although he indicated that he would if I wanted. I couldn’t do that to a friend. I responded in kind. I figured I’d spend the time staining the shed instead. I left work shortly after 5pm still very tired. I took the back way home, down Old Dublin Rd. That was a wise move given the traffic jam on I-270. The kids were out to dinner with their daddy. After walking Ykraps I got ready to stain another side of the shed. I decided to do the back side facing the pond under the guise of the massive honeysuckle bushes. It went slow and I was not very energetic. Knowing that it wouldn’t get done on its own, I pushed through the chore. I didn’t finish the entire side, but did keep going until the original gallon was gone. That seemed like a good cut-off point.

After clean-up & a quick shower, I sprinkled the front lawn and flowers. It’s such a shame to see the lawns browning up so early in the season. Mindy went off to bed. I was determined to read and fall asleep as close to 10pm as possible. I read until I caught myself drifting. I quickly launched myself to the floor grabbing two giant pillows on the way down. Just as I was drifting off Mindy came to the railing and asked if I was coming to bed. That startled me out of my sleep and once again I found myself unable to fall back asleep. I tried reading some more but never got that heavy sleepy feeling again. Eventually I dosed off but never deep enough. Around 3:30am I got up off the floor and headed to bed.