Today was one of those days. My younger brother and his wife stayed the night with us on their way from Houston. Texas, to Fort Myers, Florida, where they’re going to pick up their brand new Airstream travel trailer.
They had their adorable dog, Gus, with them, so we kept our cat sequestered in the master suite last night. The two were aware of each other, but no one got chased and neither of them puked from nervousness, and we had a great visit with family.
It was a win-win. Still, I didn’t sleep well, and having the cat on my chest all night didn’t help much.
After breakfast at a local cafe our guests headed to Fort Myers and I came back to Doright Manor for a nap. The cat settled in beside me on the sofa in the den, and within minutes I was out like a light for the better part of two hours.
When I awakened it was as if I were in an alternate universe. The sky was dark, and I wondered if I’d slept the day away. I hadn’t. But a storm had blown in while I was napping making early afternoon look like nighttime.
I looked at the calendar on my watch fearing that I’d forgotten an appointment with the insurance adjuster, but realized that wasn’t scheduled until tomorrow. Then I began thinking about the carpet I’d ordered. It was supposed to have arrived on the 19th. Today’s the 23rd. Hmmm.
The carpet company had required a deposit. Had I made one? I couldn’t remember. I knew I’d gone to their office to do so, but couldn’t remember actually making a payment. The checkbook didn’t have an entry either. Had I used a credit card? Suddenly I was certain that the reason my carpet hadn’t yet arrived was that it had never been ordered because I hadn’t paid a deposit.
I called the store, “Hi, this is Leslie Noyes. I think I ordered carpet from you, but I can’t remember actually making a deposit.”
The woman on the other end laughed, sort of, “We can sure check.”
A couple of seconds later she read off my address and said, “Yes, it appears you paid a deposit using your credit card, and we’re just awaiting delivery of your carpet.”
I wasn’t sure whether to be relieved or humiliated or worried for my sanity. I’m going to blame it all on the lack of sleep and the lengthy nap I took this afternoon. I’m going to avoid using sharp objects, though, for the remainder of the day.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
No running with scissors for you!
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Darn! I was so looking forward to that.
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Yep, some days are like that. Love your towel as I relate to it 100%!
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That towel was something I HAD to have. It’s my spirit towel. 🤪
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Can I beat your story…I think I can.
Was super tired last night and reading was only making things worse. 8pm, nothing on TV so I said “what the heck” and just went to bed.
Something (probably the fact that I had to pee) woke me. I turned to my clock. It said 845. I turned to the window and it was clearly almost as light outside as when I remembered going to bed. My brain said “holy crap, it’s 845 AM and you are late for work!” Checked my alarm, it was set and had not gone off, which is really weird. I got up, checked other clocks and my phone, looked out windows and then it hit me: I wasn’t seeing 845 AM skies but dusky 845 PM skies.
I must have fallen asleep moments after putting my head on the pillow and clearly had no idea that I hadn’t really slept ALL NIGHT, but only 45 minutes.
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Oh wow! You made me laugh and I feel less crazy now.
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As long as the crazies stick together, we’ll be okay 🙂
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Weird people, unite!
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Listen… reading this I felt it was like you were Alice in Wonderland and I would like to see how many folks would have done better . Truly xxxxxxxxx
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Alice in Wonderland. All that’s missing is the mad hatter. Wait, maybe I’m the mad hatter.
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Well…plenty tea parties then…
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I hate days like that, I had several after my surgery. It takes me days to get over the ‘fog’ my brain is in and I cannot be trusted with anything dangerous lol
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I wish I could claim surgery brain!
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lol
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I should get a towel like that based on looking for specs while looking through them.
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I’ve done that before, as well.
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Less than great minds…. 🙂
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Might be the case.
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Don’t worry. Some days just have a way of disappearing into the blue…
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That’s so true.
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I can tell my daughter that her Momma is really sane after reading this and all comments. 😂
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There’s safety, if not sanity, in numbers.
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😂🤣
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