Yeah.
Caffeine is my friend, today.
The first hour of sleeplessness was caused by the horribleness that was the NCIS season finale. It left me with many questions (and not just the obvious ones, like What Is Going To Happen to Gibbs' Father?) Questions that make me think I'm going to have to re-watch the finale online to pick up what I missed. How did Allison get the report? What was in the box? What is the druglord (druglady?) really up to? What the heck were Gibbs and Vance talking about toward the end? (Would that have made more sense if I'd ever watched Casablanca?)
(Yes, I realize it's a crime against humanity that I've never seen Casablanca. It's not deliberate; I've just never had the opportunity. I'll watch it someday.)
(I've never seen Titanic, either. That one is deliberate.)
Anyway, once that finally got worked out of my system, I still couldn't sleep. It was hot. The kind of heat that weights your body down and makes you twitch. The kind of heat that's really ironic when you have a brand-new air conditioner sitting upstairs awaiting installation.
Then there were the noises. Knowing that it was going to take me a while to settle after the NCIS finale, I opted to sleep downstairs last night so that Carl's night wouldn't be interrupted. (I'm such a good wife.) I swear, the house was just as twitchy as I was last night. Every time I'd start to drift off, I'd hear an odd creak or squeak, and jerk awake, convinced that either A) Joy was awake and wandering around upstairs, or B) Someone was sneaking in about to murder us all. Hey, it was late, I should not be expected to be rational!
So I turned my computer on, wrote a little bit more on my Narnia fanfic (which I think requires majorly detailed plotting before I actually start writing, because I now have two different beginnings and neither pleases me), turned the computer back off and read more in the latest Josephine Tey I borrowed from the library (yes, I am aware that reading mysteries when trying to sleep is not the brightest plan. I will say, however, that Tey is the least likely out of any of my favorite mystery writers to keep one awake. Her books are much more intellectual puzzles, much less gruesome murders), and finally drifted off.
And now it's today, and the girls are playing together and giggling happily AGAIN, and I am chugging coffee and ignoring everything that I SHOULD be doing in favor of just resting, and for the moment, we're all good.
How is your Wednesday?
My reasons for getting up in the morning:
She just started saying "Mamma" this week. It's always in a very preemptory tone, but do we care? No, we do not. We love it.
Her nose was stained yellow for hours after this picture. We loved that, too.
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which tey? i'm sending you your own copy of a Shilling for Candles in the next box (my GOTH hasn't come yet and that's what's holding things up). daughter of time is her best work.
you're not missing much with Titanic, though it has its moments; i finally watched it in 08 i think, after we were married. however, eveyone should see Casablanca once. it was overrated in my opinion but it's a classic, and i'm a sucker for old movies.
missed blogging yesterday- oops!- because i can't access xanga properly at work and then i was cooking and forgot to log on at home. i won't forget tonight though!
What a great post! Yes I love that her nose was stained!
A perfect reason for waking, look at that face!!!!
Guess what? I was out very late last night so I only had a little sleep, we went to see Robin Hood (I don't think you will like it, you are going to all the same flaws we did I am so sure because we think alike) anyway my house was full of noises as well!
I on the other hand did NOT read a mystery! (Bad bad idea!:) )
Here is the kicker, we are out of coffee filters, so not coffee for me today, the headache is already kncoking at my door...sigh.
Love,
JO
Laura - I'm reading Brat Farrar right now. I've read Daughter of Time, Miss Pym Disposes, and The Franchise Affair. DoT was definitely the best, but I really enjoy all her works. They're so different from most mysteries, and so thought-provoking!
Jo - I made the mistake of downing my first cup of coffee before eating anything, and so now I'm feeling all queasy and nauseous and almost like i'm dealing with morning sickness again! I think I would have been wiser to go without, actually ... Tea has caffeine, too, and never makes me sick, even on an empty stomach!
E- tea has a fair bit less. and it's lower in acidity. that's likely why it doesn't affect you as much.
Lower acidity - that makes sense. I don't do well with even orange juice on an empty stomach.
btw i remember walking with my dad to a Brownie meeting during my short tenure as a Brownie (i think 1.5 years), and rubbing a dandelion all over my face like a powder puff because it felt nice.
yup.
i think this was on the way TO the meeting, but it could have been on the way home too since i don't recall dad telling me to stop or anything. i do remember somebody (mum or maybe a Scout leader) telling me to wash my face at some point though! i probably looked like a victim of malaria. :)
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