3 am

About two years ago I was waking up every night at the same exact time: 4:09 am. Every single night, never a minute later or earlier. At the time I blamed a neighbor's alarm clock or something like that-something that was waking me up but that I just couldn't put my finger on.

For the past week I've been waking up around 3 am every single night. Not an exact time, I don't think, but I can't tell for certain. See, our power went out about a week ago and I haven't reset my alarm clock since. It's a statement. It says "My kids are done with school for the summer and I have no reason to set my alarm clock. So there!" I'd look at Mike's clock, but since he had his surgery and is wearing an immobilizer on his shoulder and arm it's like sleeping with a humpback whale. I look over and all I see is this huge mound in bed next to me. Well, two mounds really. One mound is his 8000 pillows and his head and the other mound is his arm in the immobilizer. In order to see his clock I'd actually have to sit up and I just don't have that desire. Instead, I look at my clock, subtract two (I do know it's two hours off, but this could be am or pm and I don't care) and say "Hmm, I'm awake again at 3 am. Wonder why that is?" and then I stare at the ceiling for 30 minutes or so until I fall asleep again. Gotta love it. Not. I do take something to help me sleep, but it helps me fall asleep, not necessarily stay asleep. Weird. In any case, it doesn't really matter. My kids have been letting me sleep in and it's sheer bliss to wake at 9:00 am instead of 5:30. I dread August and having to make sure Marissah is at the bus stop by 6:20 every morning. UGH!!!!! Hopefully our schedules will be more normal after we move......