SLEEP

I don't get sleep. It is just a fact of my life after my wreck. It is not that I don't have the opportunities. I actually do some nights. It has to do with pain and the inability to lay in one position for more than 5 minutes without moving. I deal and get by and think nothing of it really.

The problem is the television. It started 15 years ago when I worked midnights for the Sheriff's Office. I worked 12 hour shifts~ 6 PM to 6 AM and to drown out the noises of my newborn niece, I started sleeping with the television on. It is a horrible habit. Funny thing about it is I can hear anything out of the ordinary even though it is on. Brinkley calling me in her sleep, Pudgie tossing a strange way or the wail of the pre-vomiting Jax.... I still hear it.

The other problem is when Tommy doesn't sleep because of the television. I knew it was gonna hit the fan this morning when I walked downstairs and the first thing I hear is..."can you at least put on the news...I couldn't find the remote." Then it all came out.

"If you have the news on, I won't care what is on." Ok I can understand that. Then the funny part of the, one sided conversation began.

Tommy said,

"I know you thinks it is funny but when I wake up and Steve and Kelly are trying to figure out which house they are going to buy, I need to know if it is going to be the modern one, the craftsman or the spanish style on House Hunters." At first I laughed....

"Then I can't go to bed because I need to know if they are going to pick green or red for the living room on Color Splash. After all, it would make a huge difference with the brown couch." WHAT????

"Then, I need to know if the single mom from Baltimore is going to get pre-qualified for the nicer condo she loves or the low budget town house she could deal with." OKAAAY, he is as bad as me now.

"Finally, I need to know if there is shipping and handling on the push up bars and if the payments are going to be 2 at $24.99 or is it really 3 at $24.99.. because you know they always knock off one payment on the infomercial if you pay for it on the day that you watch the show." RIIIIIIIGHT.

By the end of this conversation, I nearly wet my pants from laughing. He really didn't sleep and seriously got into HGTV at one o'clock in the morning.

I guess I will have to sleep with my i-pod in my ears.. or better yet.. his SWAT earplugs..... then I would never have to get up with the baby or restless kids in the middle of the night.