THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING Z’S — by Steve Nadis
Not to sound like a crybaby, but some guys never catch a break. It’s true I skimp a little on sleep, which I shouldn’t do (NOTE TO MYSELF: SLEEP MORE!), but then events on top of that always conspire to rob me of even that stingy quantity of sleep. For example, on the way back from Mexico, two bags got lost between Miami and Boston. The airlines woke me up on two successive mornings, calling at an indecently early hour, to inform me that one of my missing bags would be delivered THREE HOURS LATER!!! I suppose there’s nothing unusual in the fact that my kids can (and do) wake me at any time of the night. But now our cat is getting into the act. She’s taken to clawing on my door early in the morning when she wants to go outside for her daily rounds. She only does this on my door. Not on the kids’ door. Why? Because she knows I’m a soft touch, as well as a light sleeper, who will always accommodate her. I’m a cat enabler, in other words, and am paying the price for it every morning that I’m not otherwise being woken up by the American Airlines baggage handling department. Not to sound like a crybaby, but some guys never catch a break.
Posted by
at
05:55:27
Well, at least you are rested from your recent vacation south of the border, n’est pas?
ZARDOZ SAYS:
Give yourself a break,
and the cat some self esteem,
give her a key , to let herself out,
and some milkmoney to buy her own milk.
———————zardoz
Sleep is over rated anyway. I get NO MORE than 6 hours of sleep per night. The Dogs will not let me sleep past 7:00 a.m. EVER.
Everybody knows that it doesn’t bother me to be awakened, so the telephone is in my bedroom. The alarm is in my bedroom. And all the animals sleep in my bedroom.
I just go with it. If I’m tired, I’m tired. So what.
Drink another caffeine drink and go to work.
I never understood those people who cherish their sleep sooo much that they gripe and complain and wake up in a pissy mood. There will be plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead.
MsAmber
Yes FW, the trip South was refreshing in that regard. You’re right Z, that darn cat can take care of him or herself. You make several good points Ms A. However, I happen to belong to the whine and gripe school. If I can’t complain about missing sleep, what can I complain about?
That’s what you get for going on vacation Snake. I have had the opposite reaction to my long winter trip, I keep falling asleep. I’ve been passing out in my easy chair every night since I got back. I feel GREAT, but it sure impacts one’s blog (as my non-existant entries prove). Going to have to get back to exhaustion and caffine as God intended for bloggers.
Hi Doc — Good to hear from ya. And, once again, you’re right. Anyone (like me) who complains about a beach vacation in the middle of winter is either a fool or a jerk and quite possibly both.
I had a racy thought about a comment I could make about there being worse things than being awakened by a cat (or some such synonym) and then thought better of it. I must be feeling better than I think — and more devilish.
ZARDOZ SAYS:
STILL SLEEPING. . . HUH ?
THATS A LOT OF ZZZZ ‘ s
E N J O Y !!!!
———————-ZARDOZ
Thanks Z. Windfall, you’ve piqued my curiosity but maybe your comments are not for primetime?
Not for primetime DEFINITELY……LOL……You’ve got me smiling again! I’d hate to fall off any pedestal. That is….if I’m even ON one.