No Sleep Til Brooklyn

How long do you have to be awake during the night to call it “insomnia”?  This morning I woke up at 3:45 and went back to sleep around 5:30.  It felt like insomnia while I was laying there.  There was a strange medley of “Janie’s Crying”, “Dancing in the Streets” (Jagger/Bowie version), and “Float On” going through my head, but this morning it’s changed to “I Want Candy” and “3 am”.  But on a positive note, I’m one day closer to the Beach!!!  Yay!!

The Beauty of Newport News

Better than Christmas

I’m are getting ready to go on….VACATION!! I have not slept all week, I really feel like every night since Monday has been like Christmas Eve. Tossing and turning, laying awake, saying “if I just close my eyes and relax, I’ll go right to sleep”, but my brain will not turn off. I have been so so so so busy at work in the last 4 weeks or so, that this is one of the first times in my life I’ve needed to get away before someone gets hurt. I suppose the workplace will not shut down without me. I’m going to try very hard not to obsess about the cell phone or the email, but you know.

So, we rented a house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a large house, and we’ve invited friends and family to come down for the week. I guess we’ll have about 10 or so people at any given time. I plan to divide my time equally between the pool and the hot tub, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, and by alcohol, I mean Rum Runners. And by that, I mean my own personal Rum Runner Recipe, which includes dark and light rums, Malibu, something similar to Captain’s called Sailor Jerry, oj, pineapple and grenadine. I have a 2 gallon water cooler (pictured below) that I will fill with Rum Runner until it is almost overflowing, then I’ll sip a little off the top and put the lid on, THEN I’ll put my mouth directly under the spout and see how much I can drink without taking a breath. I can’t wait.