Thirteen Things before 6am

Thirteen bits of randomness, all before 6am

1 – I woke up at 3:42 when Princess called me back to “cover me up mommy.” Because her five year old arms haven’t yet mastered the art of tucking a blanket around her slender chilled shoulders. That’s ok; at least she went back to sleep.

2 – Lay in bed listening to ads for movies for 15 minutes, and finally hit the button on the remote to see what channel hubby had fallen to sleep to. The TiVo Advertising channel. Figured out he hadn’t fallen asleep to it, TiVo had so helpfully switched itself to that channel in shameless self promotion.

3 – Flipped to ABC World News, which is somehow the closest thing to real news available on TV at 4am. What happened to CNN Headline News? They never actually seem to have news on anymore.

4 – Tried to read. Three pages in, put the book back down and picked up another one. Two pages in, put that one down and tried to go back to sleep.

5 – Started wondering if I won last nights lotto. Not worth getting up to check it at 4:20.

6 – Spent 10 minutes dreaming about “what if I won the lotto?” Much more fun than actually checking to see if I won.

7 – Started thinking about the roof that still needs to be replaced, and the bathrooms that still need to be rebuilt, and how much easier it would be to get the workmen out to the house if I’d actually won the lotto. Or, to buy a new house that didn’t need a new roof and new bathrooms. Or to rent a new place to live until I got the workmen to come out.

8 – Hoped I hadn’t woken hubby up with my wakefullness while he stumbled down the hall for a mid-night bathroom call.

9 – Listened to the same headline story for the third time (I’m very glad to know they found the family that got lost looking for a Christmas tree in California, and hope someone buys them a GPS gadget this holiday season), and realized I’d been laying awake for over an hour.

10 – Wondered why my stomach was making such odd noises, then noticed the sounds were actually coming from the dog, who had come to lay down on the floor by my bed. Decided he needed to go out.

11 – Checked my email while the dog was doing his thing. Blockbuster is raising their monthly fee again?? Get over yourselves. It is not your customers fault that you have driven yourselves into the red trying to put Netflix out of business. If your prices were so fiscally unsound that you’ve had to make two rate hikes in a matter of months, you need to find a better marketing plan. I’d recommend one that doesn’t piss off your customers. Good bye, Blockbuster.

12 – Let the dog back in, and decide as long as I’m up I could get some writing done. This needs coffee. Was headed to the kitchen when I…

13 – Watched the dog come stumbling towards me retching, and raced him to the door. He made it – poor pup. But I’m glad I don’t have to add a #14 to my list of things I did before 6am – clean up dog mess from the office carpet.

Note to self – next time the dog’s stomach makes those noises at 5am, remember he’s likely eating grass outside and leave him out for the rest of the night…