Dear Reader,
Step right up! Lately there's been a 3-ring circus performing in my bedroom every night and unfortunately I've had a front row seat. "For your entertainment pleasure, because who needs to sleep, right? In the First Ring, we have an LED light show!" It seems that every time I purchase a new piece of electronic equipment, the manufacturer gives me a gift--LED lights that shine so brightly every night I have to throw a washcloth over my CD player, push a shoe up against the red on/off light on the Roku box, and decorate my alarm clock with a T-shirt.
"In the Second Ring, we have cats!" Not tigers and lions, but noisy, obnoxious every day cats. Barry thinks he's a human, so he insists on snuggling under the covers and putting his head next to mine on the pillow, which is fine, I'm used to sharing my pillow. But instead, last night he sat at the end of my bed grooming his paws, which then made the bell on his collar ding, ding, ding. As soon as Barry's dinging quieted down, Cooper, my set-in-his-ways Maine Coon cat, started flicking the drawer handle (loudly) on the bathroom vanity announcing it was time for a 3 a.m., turkey and gravy canned snack. When I didn't get up, he resorted to jumping over top of me--back and forth, back and forth--from one side of the bed to the other.
"And finally, in the Third and Center Ring, my dear snoring husband!" Sneezing and wheezing all day long from a cold, his nose was stuffed up, which meant soon after he fell asleep he started snoring--which stopped when I rolled him over. But eventually he rolled onto his back again, so I had to repeat the routine--four different times during the night.
After the fourth rollover I decided I might as well get up, get a drink of water and sit for a few minutes. But my activity alerted the cats--who thought since I was up it must be morning and "It's time to eat!" Each of our five kitties lined up next to their dishes, wondering why I wasn't serving breakfast. I tried to ignore them, but their habits are hard to break. There's no reasoning with them.
LED lights, cats, and a snoring husband. Yes, there's a 3-ring circus going on in my bedroom (tickets still available for tonight's performance), but tonight this ringmaster is sleeping in the guest room.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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P. S. "2 Broke Boys Who Bake" (my grandsons), will be selling homemade pumpkin and banana bread and chocolate chip cookies in front of my house this Saturday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. I live on S. Orange Ave, here in Sarasota, and you can't miss the house because the bubbles will be flying. To see a photo of the boys, click here If you're able, stop by!
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