Monday, May 13, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty

Tick, tick, tick. Stupid clock. Time in one's life is so finite and I hear mine, marked, as it slips from my fingers.

Nightmares broke my rest and then without conscience thought I find myself in the kitchen, spatula in hand, the smell of eggs and coffee.

I do hate when she's away.

Nightmares, too.

Stephen
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14 comments:

  1. ChickenmomMay 13, 2013 at 6:53 AM

    I was awake before you this morning. It's going to be a long day.....

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:00 PM

      Then, my lovely friend, you never went to bed...

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  2. Andolphus GreyMay 13, 2013 at 7:54 AM

    Feel your pain. My lovely wife has been helping my daughter with her new baby and is gone two days a week. Going to bed late and getting up early.

    Going to be a cool day here in the north. Lit the woodstove and put the kettle on.

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:02 PM

      If you feel like me after one of my no sleep nights....well, heck, just call the undertaker.

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  3. TamMay 13, 2013 at 8:52 AM

    I went to bed way too late and was awakened way too early by a cat trying to throw up on my feet. I hate Mondays.

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:04 PM

      Me too, Tam...me too. Hey, I know a fella with an obsession for and a collection of hairballs. Want his number?

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  4. MattMay 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    I'll trade anyone....including Tam for her puking cats if they will take the migraine I woke up with.

    Chickenmom is correct. It will a long day.

    But none-the-less I woke up on the right side of the grass.

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:06 PM

      I'll take the cat puke too...hate headaches.

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  5. Rev. PaulMay 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    I don't sleep at all well when my wife is away; fortunately, that's not often. I feel for you, my friend.

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:06 PM

      Then we both agree....why is it they insist on travel. I don't get it.

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  6. Old NFOMay 15, 2013 at 5:02 AM

    Yep, not a good feeling... Hope you get some sleep.

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  7. drjimMay 15, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Thanks to all the drugs, I slept pretty well during my recent stay away from home.

    My poor wife, however, did not.

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    1. StephenMay 15, 2013 at 9:08 PM

      Wives, always suffer. Take it easy...it took me months to find my level, even then I felt a slight tilt to my world.

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