That’s Me…

The Obsessed

I slept about 4 hours last night. Why, you might ask? Well, for two reasons. The first was that I was feeling incredibly excited about our trip today, and could hardly wait for it to start. The second, is because I am time obsessed!

Yes, it’s true. I blame my father for this. It all started back when I was a little girl and Dad would wake us up for school, or church or an event. He always woke us early and God help us if we were late. My sister suffers from this same affliction, although I am not sure if her case is as severe as mine.

When Hubby was still flying, and I tagged along to see a new place, I never slept well. I worried I would over sleep, and keep him and his crew waiting! He needn’t have left a wake up call, because my internal clock would ring half and hour before he needed to get up. I would shower and dress and be ready before he even opened his eyes. I’m sure I was a real pest.

I don’t travel too much with him now that he is retired. We take a vacation once a year and even now, I can’t relax the night before our flight.

I awoke at 1:30 for a 3:30 get up. I tried to go back to sleep. I counted sheep, I thought about a gentle ocean lapping the shore (and ended up getting up to use the bathroom!) and I even rolled over on my tummy, which is usually magic.

But no! I was awake and there was no going back to sleep. I lay there thinking, while Hubby snored beside me. I almost felt like I was drifting off, but then, I grabbed my cell phone and checked the time.

I just knew I would somehow be late!

At 3 AM I got up and went into the bathroom expecting to have to do my hair. However, the nice thing about having wildly curly hair is that there are days when you wake up and it’s all good. Today was one of those days. I put on my make-up, and dressed quickly as our room was cool. I turned on the mini coffee maker and about that time an alarm went off and the phone announced our wake-up call.

I stood there sipping coffee and watching Hubby stumble around the room. We were dressed, finished packing our suitcases and then while I checked out of the motel, Hubby locked our coats and heavy clothes in our car. We hopped onto the airport shuttle and off we went.

I wasn’t late!

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We are now here in Puerto Rico at our hotel. Exhaustion is setting in and I will probably collapse soon. But it sure does feel great to be in the warmth!

Dec 12 09 008

8 thoughts on “That’s Me…”

  1. Well it sure looks like you are in warmth! šŸ™‚ Looking good! I am like you, when I have to be ready for something. Always up too early and usually ready waaaayy ahead of time! šŸ™‚
    Have fun and try to get some sleep!

  2. I just read your entry for today the beautiful sandy beech looks great compared to what we have here. I could feel the warmth through the computer screen. We are getting some snow and freezing rain later today around 4:00pm. The pups will love it. Maybe we will make a snowman. Who do you think will pee on it first?

  3. I’m like that too! There is NO sleep if I’m flying. But look at you – all warm in shorts – I’m sO jealous! Enjoy the cruise!

  4. I just have to laugh – because you should see us the night before a trip!!!! It even happened once that I did some vacuum cleaning at 03.00am cauz I couldn’t sleep… ha ha ha.

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