Just some friendly advice

Some of you probably know that I don't sleep very well. I can go to bed when my husband does (around 11 or 12, depending on the night), but I'll lay awake until at least 3. Most nights I end up getting out of bed and reading in the second bedroom...anything to help me relax a bit. Some nights are a little better (or a little worse) than usual.

Last night was one of the "worse" nights. I didn't manage to get to sleep until around 4:30. I've made my schedule so that I don't ever have to be anywhere before noon, just in case I have a really bad night. That way I can sleep in until around 10 if I need it.

So I finally got to sleep around 4:30, and it wasn't a particularly deep sleep, either. I had several rather bizarre dreams. Husband always wakes me up around 7:15 when he's leaving for work, just to say goodbye. That doesn't bother me, I'm always able to get back to sleep easily for another couple of hours.

But it does bother me when my home phone rings at 7:59 am. (I think I've mentioned before that hardly anybody uses that number. Most people call my cell phone.) I have to get out of my bed after being asleep for about 3.5 hours and try to make my voice not sound too tired. Then I actually have to have an intelligent (or at least coherent) conversation with someone.

And it makes me even less happy when I can't see who is calling me. A call from an "unknown number" (that's what the caller i.d. said this morning) does two things simultaneously. First, it makes me really not want to answer because I don't know who I'm going to be talking to. Second, it makes me feel like I have to answer, because what if it's an emergency?

So here's my friendly advice: If you're going to call me at 7:59 in the morning, make sure you have a really good reason. And, whatever you do, don't just HANG UP as soon as I say hello!