Grumble, Grump, Grrrrr....

Yesterday, I was up early, bright and shiny, because I went to bed early and felt somewhat rested.  This morning, I was up early but with no sparkle.  I went to bed last night NOT because I was ready but because my granddaughter (my bedmate) refuses to fall asleep.  Nightly, it is 11:00 or midnight before she finally caves in...and that is too late for a little one that has to be up by 6:30. 

Okay...so I gave in and joined her at 10:30, thinking that my presence in the bed would settle her down.  (It usually does.)  But before we could fall asleep, we began to hear noises in the house.  My house is built on a slab, so creaky floor noises don't exist.  I had made sure the garbage was out of the dog's reach, but I figured the Junkyard Pup was up to something.  It seems that the INSTANT the lights go out in the house, she goes on a hunt to see what she can get into.  She was rummaging around in the computer room.  I ordered her out of there, but then found her in my bathroom, looking for Kleenex to shred from the trashbasket.  Ordered her out of there, too.  Then we could hear her on Robin's side of the bed, doing something.  She had found a sippy-cup and was chewing on the tip.  (Have I mentioned that she has ruined about four sippy-cups just in the past couple of weeks??)  The only way to confiscate something that she knows she's not supposed to have is to take Frodo by the collar and pull her away...and even then she will lunge at it in a Hail Mary attempt for one last grab.  I think I rescued the sippy-cup before she could inflict damage.  I went to the kitchen and fed the poor starving dog a half-cup of dry dog food, then went to bed for good--by now, midnight.  In thanks and gratitude, the resident canine left me a few little "presents" on the kitchen floor sometime overnight.  Geez!

Let's see--what else can I complain about?  Meg's car overheated again on her way to work this morning.  The lawn still needs to be mowed.  I am making only slow headway on housework.  I can't read a calendar.  I am going to a wedding the night before I have to get up early to work the Brickyard 400 for my radio club.  No project is EVER finished around here.  Hmmm...anything else??

I'll need a nap sometime today.  No doubt about it!