Strange Things Happen While You're Sleeping...

It is Thursday (thank God!) and that means it is writers workshop day with Mama Kat! Today's topic is about sleep walking. Mine isn't about sleep walking, but close enough to count I think. So anyways....

One night, in the beginning of our living together stage of our relationship, I woke up to Michael leaning over, shaking me, calling my name.

Michael: "Laura! Laura! Wake up!"

Me: (obviously in a state of sleepy shock): "What?!? What's wrong???"

Him: (in all seriousness, eyes wide open): "The police are here."

Me: "What? Why? What happened?"

Him: "They're downstairs, we need to go let them in."

Me: "What are you talking about? Why are they here?"

At this point he started becoming confused and not making much sense. I started to realize that he must be asleep. He finally comes to and I tell him how scary he was. His eyes were open...how was I supposed to know if he was awake or not?? He was obviously embarrassed so I dropped it.

It continues on...we have some very interesting conversations while he is "sleeping". Nothing juicy yet though. I try to ask him questions, but he hasn't fallen for it yet. It still freaks me out that he has his eyes open though.

When we got Lola, we were having to take her out at crazy times and Michael was still working night shift. I would wake him up in the morning before I left so he could play with her for a little bit and take her out. One morning, he got out of bed and was walking around talking to me and I handed him our puppy, who was probably a mere 2-3 pounds at the time, and started to leave.

Michael: What do you want me to do with her?

Me: What do you mean? Take her out like normal.

Michael: But there aren't any pallets for her to build? (Which was his job at the time.)

Me: What?!?!?

Michael (scanning the room): There are no pallets for her to build. Everything is done. There isn't any work for her to do!

I frantically yanked the puppy out of his hands in fear of him dropping her and pushed him around to try to wake him up. It's so weird. He's convinced he's awake when he sleeps.

I'm demanding he goes to some kind of sleep study before we have children. Can you imagine him doing that with a baby? I'm going to be a nervous wreck.

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Living in the Moment

I’m always looking for the next thing. I’m busy making plans and getting things in place to reach my next goal.

I’m a planner. I’m a perfectionist.

Sometimes I forget to enjoy where I am.

It’s not until the moment has passed that I realize how good things really were. I’m already in the next moment looking forward to the next thing and dealing with all the new issues that have arisen.

Looking back, things were always simpler than they are at present.

Looking forward, I think everything will be much better. A life more fulfilled. A life more comfortable. A life more enjoyable.

In the present, problems are abundant. Difficulties have arisen. The struggles are frustrating. Things are complicated.

In my next moment, I’ll be looking back and realizing how simple things really were. Wondering why I couldn’t wait to escape this moment.

Moments will be lost. Things will be different.

I can only move forward.

I can never go back.

But, I shouldn’t forget to live in the moment.

10 Things I'm Excited About!

Ok so yesterday's post was filled with complaints so in order to bring a little bit of sunshine to this blog I thought I would do a post exactly opposite today with 10 things I'm excited about.

1. A Long Weekend. YAY!!! There is nothing more than I need than a long break from work. It is going to be amazing.


2. A Ginormous Margarita. Make that a frozen strawberry margarita and get it here quick! Me and the hubby are going to eat Mexican tonight and I am looking forward to my happiness in a glass!


3. A New Cookbook. I had some reward points to use up from work and Barefoot Contessa's Back to Basics is what I got!


4. Great Weather. It is so pretty outside and in the 80's. Yay for summer!


5. All My Trips in June. Starting the month off with the No Doubt concert in Atlanta, then our anniversary trip to Jamaica, and ending with a wedding where I will get to see some friends I haven't seen since my own!


6. Getting to try out a new recipe. A co-worker requested White Chocolate Key Lime Pie for her 30th birthday. Sounds yummy...I think I will make it in mini tart shells.


7. An upcoming delivery of new makeup. Thanks to Aliya I found this website where almost everything is a $1. I'll let you guys know later on if it's crap or not. I thought it would be worth a try though at such a cheap price!


8. Clean carpets. I have some gift certificates saved up for a nice little steam cleaning vac. Can't wait!


9. Lola being able to sleep in the bed. She is finally old enough to make it through the night and trustworthy enough to let sleep in the bed. Unfortunately she's not a big cuddler.


10. My 100th Post. That's today by the way - I feel like it took me way too long to get here, but I'm here! Happy 100th post day to me!

Writers Workshop I'm back!!!

I use to love Thursdays because it was writers workshop day and I always new what I was going to write about that day. Unfortunately I have been a slacker and always feel like I think about blogging too late in the day to participate. Today I thought, what the hey I'm going to do it anyways.

Today's topic.........10 Things I'm Sick and Tired of

1. Writing my blog half-ass. I'm guilty of blogging during my lunch break or quickly when I get home and my contribution to this blog has greatly suffered. I can't even follow others adequately enough to keep them following mine. I feel like some of you have left me.....COME BACK!!!
2. Eating fiber. I have a snack drawer at work and I am determined to have healthy items in it so I don't turn into a fat cow. Considering I refuse to give up candy or go work out healthy snacks are a must, but I swear all this fiber crap makes me feel like I'm choking to death. Gag.
3. Hearing how terrible everything is on the news. Can they focus on something positive please? I'm over it.
4. Being pale. I need sun asap or to at least get my lazy butt in the tanning bed. I pay for it every month you would think I'd go, but then again I also pay for the gym and I don't go there either. *Sigh*
5. American Idol. I know I'm going to offend some people hear, but I've never really liked the show and don't understand how it can almost last a full freaking year. I feel like it never ends. Maybe that's just me.
6. Finding new things to fix in the house. Isn't funny when you move you discover so many things to fix. Did we just get use to these things? How embarrassing. Ok so it's not that bad, but still.
7. Working too much. I need some time off immediately. Vacation cannot come soon enough. I'm seriously at my tipping point.
8. Hearing scandals about Jon and Kate. It's definitely going to make me want to watch the show again even though I swore last season I was over it.
9. Lola waking me up right before my alarm goes off. Seriously dog, you are killing me. There's nothing more frustrating. Ok, well there is, but you know what I mean.
10. Complaining. I swear I do try to share some happy things on this blog, but really it's more of a place for me to vent. I'm trying to be better at giving a new mix, but my blog is truly me and I'm not all rainbows and butterflies.