Tuesday Randomness

There is a REBUILDING post below this one - in case you're here for tornado news.

This morning, I woke up at 2:12. One of those sit straight up in bed, heart pounding sort of awakenings. I looked over at the clock and then looked the other direction to see the clock in the bathroom. (My OCD always needs to make sure they agree.) I couldn't see the bathroom clock. Where it should have been was blackness. That was interesting to me, but my 2:12 brain couldn't quite piece it together.

My first coherent thought was that I hoped my parents were okay. They had gone to the airport to pick someone up and the plane was multiply delayed. The last I'd heard from them, they were expecting it to arrive sometime after 1 a.m. It was such a Lifetime movie moment to sit straight up in bed and wonder if my parents were, in that minute, driving down the median, asleep. (You think I'm kidding...this has happened to us before.)

I realized I was very hot - and then I discovered my air conditioner was being stupid and not really spitting out cold air. So I got up, turned on the fan, went back to bed, and pondered the missing clock. I had nearly convinced myself that Braeya had knocked it off the toilet in one of her toilet flushing attempts and maybe the sound of it hitting the floor awakened me. Just as I was about to drift off to sleep...I heard pounding.

I was sure someone was trying to break in.

Then I figured it out. Both of my ding dong cats were IN the bathroom, and they'd closed the door. That was why I couldn't see the clock. The pounding was the two of them trying to open the door.

I don't have time for this at 2:12.

Fortunately, I had the day off today. I enjoyed a couple of adventures, including lunch at Skyline Chili. Haven't been there in years. And I was so proud...I ate in the restaurant all by myself. I'm growing up!! And then tonight, my friend Tina took me to Payne's Frozen Custard. Very yummy. I'll be visiting there again!

Hopefully tonight will be a little more on the calm side. Of course I have had about 4 cups of coffee since 4 p.m. Tonight might start very late for me.

PS - My parents arrived safely at home sometime between 3 and 4. No sleeping behind the wheel. My Dad, however, loved my impersonation of my Mom - "I just don't like you being out on the road this late. I worry. How am I going to sleep? I wish you wouldn't do this." Oh yeah. I've got it down pat.