Wide Awake At 2:30 a.m. (ugh)

I was sleeping so good... until I woke up. Darn it anyways! I really don't like nights like tonight. Bedroom too hot... then too cold... then hot again. Every time the dog moves... his tags "tinkle tinkle" as he shakes the wrinkles out of his ears... waking me up... and his pawing at a blanket to try to find comfort is cute... but annoying.

I decided a cup of hot peppermint tea would settle my stomach... and I decided to put it in one of my mother's old coffee cups... the one I would use, had I been sitting at her house on a saturday morning for a visit. Things always taste just a little sweeter, a little better, in that cup.

I also decided to read some of the postings of those I enjoy reading the postings of. I have not yet ventured into any new blogs of late. It seems I could go on forever... and my family would be jealous of my time being spent staring at a computer screen all day. I am dedicately habitual in reading those I have noticed so far... and enjoy them a great deal.

My tea has cooled off from it's state of boil... so it can finally be enjoyed without putting blisters all over my mouth.

As I sit here in the dark of my house... I am accompanied by the click of the keyboard... the sound of occasional vehicles across the valley on their journey to an unknown by me destination... the humming bubbles of four immaculately kept and beautiful fish tanks of my husband's hobby... the whir of fans from the bedrooms lulling my family to sleep.

I like to think of the distant sound of the cars... like the sound that the ocean makes. It is similar... believe it or not. I miss hearing the foghorn from the bay... but do get to hear seagulls occasionally in a parking lot in town. They must be in transit... or on a joyride flight across country. Maybe they get bored by the seashore and want to spread their wings and see new things.

I laid in bed thinking of my family. There aren't many of us left. I wondered and prayed that they were all okay. I prayed for them to have peace in their lives... and security... and love... and friendship... and prosperity.

I can see across the valley the slight beginnings of what would be the coming of the day. The mountains are defined by an ever so slight tinge of what is going to be a cloudless sunrise. I hope that today won't be quite as hot as it has been. Maybe I should get my requests in early... and ask God for a nice cool breeze to last all day today... so as to find relief in the sweltering heat of summer.

Speaking of sweltering heat... one of Hannah's friends that she has been babysitting for, Christina, went out the other day and bought herself a brand new $200.00 air conditioner. Her old one was "working just fine... but dripping" on the inside of her house. We asked her what she was going to do with her old one that was sitting outside on her porch. She said that she was just going to throw it away... and we could have it if we wanted it. Enough said... it was in the trunk and on it's way to our hot box of a house. Hannah and Rich brought it in the house... we cleaned it up... took the front panel off... and cleaned 100 years worth of dust and dust and more dust off of the coils... and it works like brand new. No "leaking". Do air conditioners leak? Apparently this one did. Maybe it just needed a good cleaning to keep condensation from building up... who knows. ((the dog... yesterday... slept on the arm of the couch... right in front of the cold air coming from it... no more "dog days of summer" for him!)) What a blessing! One mans trash is another mans treasure... to be sure! It goes in the window either today... or tomorrow...depending on time and fundage to buy a support system for it to hang out one of our windows.

Well... my tea is pretty well cool. My leg has got a really wonderful (not!) throb going on... and the sunrise is a twinge brighter. I am feeling the urge to head back to bed to see if I can find a few more winks somewhere left in my pillow. It is now 4:20 a.m. (time flies when you are having fun)

Be blessed throughout your day today. Know that God wants you to spend a little time with him today as well. Thank you for reading this... I hope it doesn't put you to sleep!!! LOL! (ahhhhh.... sleep)

A fellow blogger left a scripture on one of my comments that I really needed to hear... "Be still and know that I am God"... I think those are words to live by.

Good night-ish.