Things that go bump in the night

It is 5:11 a.m. as I sit here in the family room, in the dark. Only the illumination from my laptop in order to see anything around me. Maybe that is good...I don't see the two loads of laundry I washed last night getting wrinkled and begging to be folded! I'm up on the one day I can sorta sleep in. I've been awake since 4:03 when a strange noise was heard. I couldn't figure out what it was but my darling husband immediately jumped up and said, "If that dumb dog just peed in our room he is going to be in so much trouble!" Turns out, that dumb dog had just peed in our room! On a positive note, it was on a pillow that is easily washable. So, I guess that got the adrenaline pumping, and I just wasn't able to go back to sleep. I came out and started that load of laundry.

So, it's over an hour now I've been awake. Since I didn't want to disturb anyone else, I couldn't start on my long list of housecleaning chores (okay, okay, I could have folded laundry, but I wanted to be in denial a little longer...thus the dark). I decided to catch up on some blog reading. I haven't done that for a little while. Then I decided to see if I had any creative juices left to say something in my own blog! As I sat here on my very comfy couch, I started listening to all the sounds that a house makes in the early morning hours. I could hear the hum of the washing machine, and the dog trying to get comfortable at my feet. I heard someone downstairs tossing and turning, a toilet flushing, and then a cough. I heard the creak on the stairs, and then my 10 year old boy appearing in the dark. "Mom" he loudly whispered, remote control already in his hand. He knows the rules too, no tv in the morning until you are fully dressed for school. So, here he is at 5 in the morning, completely dressed for school and wanting to watch a cartoon or two, or even three this early. I wonder if he gets up this early very often. I don't think so, since I'm the one that wakes him each morning, but maybe he gets up and then returns to bed. Like I hope to do shortly.

Right after I add, "Buy a dog door" to my list of things to do today. That dog is going to learn to let himself out whenever he so choses, so we don't have any more early morning wake-up calls or not so fun presents left behind.

Good Morning! Maybe I'll go watch the Sunrise with my oldest on this fine March Morning!