It Stinks...

...yes it does - big time too. My insomnia is really getting to me tonight - making me uncomfortable, tired and edgy. I must say I have not suffered from its nerve biting grip lately all that much - but tonight/this morning is a bad one. Too late/early to take a sleeping pill, I need to be up and at em by 8, but maybe I ought to try to get at least 40 winks before too long.

Goodnight,
GB

Spent A Day Hunting...

...and sleeping in the woods on Saturday; all the deer just laughed at me probably thinking I would be out cold like RVW for about 20 years or so. I almost did it too, that is stayed asleep for 20 years. I left home at about 12:30 or 1:00 AM, got to the selected happy Hunting Grounds by about 3:00 AM, slept fitfully in my car to the music of Traffic, and Black Sabbath, was awakened at about 5 by a car load of hunters who were yakking away outside my window as they geared up in the icy cold of the predawn morning, slept another half hour (really maybe 10 minutes dozing on and off), a finally got my butt in gear at 0530. I was in the woods by 0545 with sunup and legal shooting time at 0702.

I sat in my portable sport chair for almost 4 hours. It was chilly out, even fairly cold, I guess in the 20s. Just sitting there and the cold gets to your bones even if dressed as warmly as was I. I have to say though that once the sun got around to shining my way, the warmth was wonderful, and I nodded off not for the first or last time while on my stand. After a while longer, I took a walk around for an hour or so. Then back to my stand where I sat (sitting on a stand - what terminology) for a couple more hours. Then I again took a walk. Found another hunter just outside the woods in an overgrown area of a farmer's field. He was completely in camo; and that was a surprise. He did not move a muscle as I walked up from behind, and I noted his shotgun was grounded so I was not expecting him to turn and aim in on me thinking I was a deer or something. Once I was abreast of him we had a short talk, and I headed back from where I had come not wanting to be out in his line of fire. Nice guy, but wearing all camo in firearms deer season!!! Oh well, his hide not mine.

Back on stand until sundown, well actually until at least 20 minutes after sundown. The last thing I remember was looking at my watch and thinking I had 20 minutes left to hunt. I rattled and used my deer calls. Then sat back and waited. I was somewhat hopeful because I had heard a doe bleating in the woods earlier, and she was walking around in circles. I was thinking she might respond to my calls and rattling. As it turned out, an army of deer could have come by, had a few beers few apples from the nearby apple tree, and sniffed at me with the residual deer scent on my gloves. I was happily sound asleep. I don't know exactly when I nodded off, but do know that when I opened my eyes it was well into twilight and the vampires would be out soon. If I had fallen asleep right after looking at my watch - which it the last thing I remembered - then I had slept for about 40 minutes. Oh well, I have slept on deer stands before only to be awakened by an approaching deer that later was my dinner so sleeping is okay by me while hunting. This time though the deer just laughed at me once again. At least my brief naps helped revitalize me for the ride home. Still though, I have to do something about this insomnia thing that only allows me to get sleep in spurts. I could surely use a nice long nap, maybe though not quite as long as good old Rip Van Winkle.

Sunday, I spent the day at The New York Metro Reptile Expo in White Plains New York. I helped man the Long Island Herpetological Society tables. Spoke to a lot of people about how to take care of this or that, and had a good time as usual with the regular society members who show up for this event. I did not even consider buying any animals while there this time around though, something different from the norm for me. What with the prospect of being detailed to my employer's HQ in Washington, DC for 3 to 6 months looming, well I figured I may have to get rid of a lot of my critters so why add any now. I'll find out for sure in January sometime if I am going on that assignment. By the way, on he ride home, I saw a nice 6 pointer on the back of an SUV. Maybe that was one of them that laughed at me - who knows.

After the reptile show I came home to a nice dinner of Pot Roast, homemade red cabbage, oven baked potatoes (like french fries but done in the oven and covered with oil and spices - mm good), and asparagus. It was one heck of some good cooking, as my wife can do when she pleases. Well that was it for the weekend for me. Right now, as you can guess, I am at the keyboard because sleep once again eludes me. I am getting a bit weary being it is after 0200, so I think I'll head off to the sack. Sleep well...

All the best,
Glenn B

Insomnia fanned by heartburn from hell

If I did not know better, I would suspect someone poisoned me tonight but I suffer from both of these nefarious maladies more often than I would choose to do so. Nexium be damned; it has not worked tonight and that is to my great dismay, discomfort, and lack of sleep.

All the best,
Glenn B

The Trill of a Warbler...

...or was it a Robin just reached my ears. Honestly, I have no idea what bird's song it was that just made its way to my ears though the gray early morning mist; but I do know that it must mean its time to get back to the sack and get some shuteye before I have to be up and at em. I already got 40 winks, but woke up at 2:45 and have been up since. Insomnia sucks, but waking up at this time every morning and finding myself sitting on a cold branch would suck more. That my friends is for the birds, and so is this hour of the morning.

All the best,
GB

Like Good Friends, A Good Night's Sleep...

...is a wonderful thing, and if you have never suffered from insomnia, or from bad aches and pains when you lay down, you may just take that for granted. Don't - because it is one of the dearest things you will ever miss if you have not had it for a while. Last night I had one, and it was heavenly, especially since I have not had many of them, not even really a few of them, in quite a long time. I slept so heavily last night, for about 6 to 7 hours, that I don't even remember dreaming, nor remember for the first time in a long time tossing or turning or waking overnight even once. For me that is a good thing indeed, and with having been ill so much lately, it is a great thing. Now I am off to get some things done, not too much lest I feel lousy again and I am not 100% yet, but a few things that need doing. Thanks to all of you who have been asking how I have been feeling, and who have been sending me well wishes, I don't take you for granted either.

All the best,
Glenn B

Saturday was a tough one....

...even though I slept on and off for most of the day. When I got home on Friday from my friend's funeral, I guess my wife thought I had been drinking too much because I went to lay down and took a nap. Truth was I had had two budwipers at the luncheon the family held after the funeral; nowhere near enough to get me sloshed or even tired, especially since I had them at least 3 hours before I drove home. No, I was just down and out, and needed some rest because I did not sleep well the night before. Then on Friday night, I did not get to sleep until about 0500 (as in 5 AM) on Saturday morning. Just insomnia, which stinks big time. So instead of doing chores on Saturday, I slept on and off all day long. Guess what, now I cannot slept tonight/this morning. It is 0200, and here I sit writing because I got bored watching old movies. Of course my wife was mad at me all day Saturday from what I could tell while I was up in between naps. I guess now she thinks even more that I was drunk on Friday and probably thinks I was hung over all day Saturday. Hard to tell what she was thinking though because she apparently was not talking to me.

Oh well life goes on. I have to be up and at em at 0600 Sunday (later this morning) and I wonder if I'll get any sleep before then; probably not since I took 2 sleeping pills at about 10PM, slept for an hour and a half and have been up ever since. Insomnia is bad when the prescription sleeping pills you have don't work. If I can stay up all day on Sunday, my guess is I'll sleep like a baby Sunday night. Lots of coffee for me today.

All the best,
Glenn B