It's friggin DEAD here at 5:30 am my time.

WAKE UP and POST Something! x(

By the time you all get here I'll have finally passed out! :(

And so is Sophie the cat who is attempting to help me post this....Purring away and sniffing the keyboard as I type

I should be too. But I never claimed to be too bright. :P

But later I'll finally fall asleep and won't wake up for probably 18 hours. :shrug:

That sucks too, because I'm going to be in the back seat of a car on my way down to North Carolina on vacation. It would be nice if I was awake enough to at least enjoy the view. :)

I wish more buildings were designed to be that interesting and attractive.

Where is that located?

For the last month or so, though, it has been this way, just horribly dead like some forgotten place no one visits any more. It's creepy.

were just sleeping off the adrenalin rush. But if it's been going on longer than just this week... :shrug:

What keeps you up all night?

(OMG, that sounds like a really bad opening line.) :P

I just always have been. I sleep like a baby in the day time, but at night, I tend to be wide awake. My whole family is like this. We are all night owls, like zombies wandering around at night while everyone else in town sleeps. :P

trying not to not think about the fact that my toes are turning blue from the cold. What you doing up so early (late?) Thom?

I hope your home isn't that cold. :(

I'm in too much pain to sleep. The morphine is just making me loopy. The pain is getting dulled, but not enough to let me get comfortable enough to sleep.

And my sleep schedule is now so thoroughly fucked I can't figure out when I'll sleep next. Daily migraines keeping me in bed, and chronic fatigue keeping me asleep for 14-16 hours at a time have thrown me all out of whack.

Now that I'm not working I just go with it. :P

Some parts of the house are roasting hot and others freezing cold. :shrug:

Are you having the ungodly cold weather in NYC too? How about we take off for somewhere tropic?

I am the first apartment off the line off the boilers, and we have steam heat, so I get the most heat. I'm always toasty warm. I sometimes even have to open windows in the winter to cool down.

Feel free to come over. I have room. :hug:

Hi Thom :)

I'm busy trying to bundle up and head out into the 15 degree blech that is the Philly burbs.

2 pairs of sweats, 2 pairs of socks, 4 layers of shirt/sweatshirt etc. and heavy boots.

I'll look like Randy from A Christmas Story by the time I'm done. :rofl:

:hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

You can't possibly be going to work. :rofl:


Good Morning! :hangover:

Please stay warm. No matter what you look like, it's worth it in this weather! :hug:

I warehouse, dispatch and deliver for an auto parts store. When I'm not catching my breath, I answer the phones and pull the parts for delivery.

Coffee! What was I thinking? :chug:

Did the Postman do his job? :D

of holiday cards I received.

I should be sending individual thank-you's. I'm sorry I haven't yet. :)

I'm leaving for a week in an hour or so, and I'm too high to do it now because I have some serious thank you notes to write. So next week when I get back you'll hear again how much I love you.
:loveya:

Have a great time, and a very Merry Christmas.

The car is warming up (car he says, HAH!) :)

I love you too. Enjoy.

:loveya: :hohoho: :D

Who'd have known :shrug:

:D

How cool is that! :P

:D

So you are going to the Outer Banks?! Lucky you!!! I was there once and loved it. Enjoy your time there and write my name in the sand please. Maybe that helps me to come back :D

:)

I'll write my own name a few times so I can keep coming back too. I sometimes feel like I'm stuck in NYC now that I can't travel very easily. :P

or I could have scanned a couple of pics from my trip to the OB.

I mean, NYC is still better than say .... Poughkeepsie .... :rofl:

x(

It's more alive here on a Monday morning than on a Saturday morning. I think I'm the only one in the Northern Hemisphere that does not sleep in on Saturday. :rofl:

Hope all is well with you and yours.

:hug:

:(

All is reasonably well. I'm packed and ready to go away for a week, and I'll end up asleep in the back seat instead of keeping the driver company. I'll have 3 dogs to snuggle with. :)

I'm in a lot of pain right now. The cold doesn't help. But what else is new. I'm increasing my doses to compensate. So I'm a bit loopy. :P

It's nice that you can get away for a week. Oh, and those dogs will keep you nice and cozy during the ride. I'm sure the driver won't mind you snoozing in the back.

Sorry to hear about your pain. I can't imagine living with that all the time. But you are always so gracious. You inspire a lot of people around here.

:hug:

I'm up for a moment, and then back hopefully to sleep a bit more...

Good to see you, sweetie!

:hug:

Go back to bed! It's not even the dawn yet in California!

:hug:

I hope you enjoy a long lazy morning.

:hi:

:)

I tried again to sleep. It didn't work. So I'm back. :hi:

Pass the coffee! :9

It's COLD here. Are you guys under a blanket of snow? I know mid-state NY is digging out, but I don't know about the city.

:hi:

:(

I'm not looking forward to the first half of the drive south.

Are you far enough south to get some relief from all of this? :hug:

not a bit of snow at all. Just really, really cold today. :(

I would have liked to see at least a little bit of snow for Hannukah.


I'm sure your drive will go beautifully! :hug: Where did you guys decide to go?

It's farther away, which is more painful for me to get to and from. But it's warmer, so I'll be in less pain while I'm there, and it's fully wheelchair accessible.

So I'm going to maxing out my painkillers today to get there, but it'll be a good week once I get there. :)

Annapolis is pretty too, but spring is a much better time - you should come at the beginning of May when all the shops put up their May Day displays. :)

I think you definitely made the better choice! It'll be a much more comfortable vacation. :hug:

:hi:

Good week to be at the beach. We are supposed to reach the upper 60s by the end of the week. :woohoo:


I don't know personally, but I hear doggies are great snoozing companions. Have a wonderful trip. :-)

You'll love the OBX as much as we do. :D

JennaLaw has been making a big deal about how she can absolutely get a wheelchair down onto a beach, so I better not say otherwise. So I am going to get to see that beach. :P

Her mom is already trying to figure out how to over-feed me. :9

Yes, it's definitely going to be a good trip. :)

:hi:

I hope you're going to have an awesome week too. Are you staying home? With family? Do you have a lot of holiday stuff going on?

:hug:

Hrrmm..

You left me thinking about that. It might be a good idea to have something you can use as a sled. Might be more proficient than wheels If you want to be totally ridiculous, a lot of people use those little toy red wagons. :D They drag their tots to the beach that way, don't see why it wouldn't work for a grown man. :D ;-) . Just a suggestion.

As for me, I'm going to finish up shopping today, I'm getting something for a 3+ yr boy and my 60 yr sister. :D And I have to get supplies to make cookies tomorrow. I'm into gingerbread and springerle cookies. :9 Tomorrow's going to be a baking and wrapping party here. For the big event, I'm going to my sister's an niece's house. :-)

Have fun in the surf. :D

Family is all in Mexico, so have the house to myself today.

Hope all is going well!

Still no sleep. :P

I'm doomed to be a zombie today. Lots of coffee! :hangover:

Other than that, I'm doing pretty well. I have my pain reasonably under control at the moment, I'm only mildly loopy, and it's a beautiful morning.

I hope you enjoy your time home alone. Was it by choice or by necessity?

I fly an airline trip to Cabo on Christmas Eve (that's where everyone is). Return to Atlanta on Christmas day, then fly back to Cabo the next morning for a couple weeks of vacation.

Glad the pain is bit more bearable! Sleep..it's vastly overrated!

:hug:

And there was probably room to snuggle up next to you. :hug:

Good Morning! :)

:P