I stare at the ceiling, eyes wide open, flicking back and forth. My brain is clearly confused.
Step one: check vitals. Can I breathe? Does my throat hurt? Am I sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy-headed, or feverish?
Nope. Guess I’m just wide awake at three in the freaking morning because life at almost forty-eight is AWESOME that way. A few more snippets then…
Life has taken on a certain Twilight Zone quality. I opened the kitchen cabinet yesterday to find a Yankee Candle sitting in front of the plates. Did I put that there? Did BrightSide? Does it even matter? Will it move itself again if I put it back on the counter? These are the questions that make it hard to fall back asleep.
Do people even know what a Twilight Zone reference is anymore? That was a freaky show. Based on the few I saw, anyway.
Everything we own is tucked away because apparently people like to believe we exist on air. “Clean countertops make for a beautiful kitchen!” whispers the Better Homes and Gardens lady. It’s made for flexible meals. Take toast, for example. You might think you want a delicious piece of warm, buttery toast with those scrambled eggs. Toast might sound delightful. But when you remember the toaster oven is in the garage…well, let’s just say we haven’t used the toaster oven since last Wednesday.
I went three days without coffee while I was sick. So then I was “meh” – you know, not exactly better, but better than sick – and I found myself faced with weighty coffee decisions. Weightier decisions than cream or sugar. Decisions like do I really want to lug that Keurig downstairs from the storage room for a single cup only to have to lug it back upstairs again if a realtor calls? Because we want the realtor to call. Am I jinxing the realtor call by pulling down the Keurig? Or does pulling down the Keurig increase those odds based on my track record? Whose karma is gonna win out here anyway? Because BrightSide and I kinda go head to head in that department.
I can’t tell anymore if this is random inspiration or the lingering effects of extended cold medicine use.
I swear, I oughta tag all these posts WUID (Written Under the Influence of DayQuil).
Yeah. The last house I sold had a kitchen the size of a postage stamp and I was still heavily coffee dependent, making baby food, and we had no dishwasher. It was HARD. It sounds like you are in the thick of it. Your buyer will be along shortly.
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I will take any advice you care to share, Joey. I know you’ve gone a lot of rounds in this particular ring!
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Nah. You’re doin GREAT! 😛
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You know, you CAN make coffee and toast IN THE STORAGE ROOM…. Just sayin’.
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Bwahahahaha — that’s BRILLIANT!
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“Do people even know what a Twilight Zone reference is anymore?” Yikes! Those of us who wait impatiently for the New Year’s Twilight Zone Marathon on SyFy still know that reference. It’s OK, it’s also on Netflix & Hulu and most of us own the DVDs.
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I like that there are normal people on here. The hubby explained the origin of “jumped the shark” to the kids yesterday and it took a ridiculous amount of time just to find enough references the kids recognized for the actors. 🙄
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Ha! No one has ever accused me of being normal, but…
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Lol 😂 We have been going through the same thing. The damn Keurig and the toaster up and down the stairs with the bloody things! Just in case some tire kicker feels like looking at our house again. The realtor says it’s an absolute must to remove everything. We have to be completely sterile. I therefore empathize! 😬
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It’s like living in a ghost town. Spooooooookkkyyyyy. 😆🤣
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Yes! You can’t find anything and you can’t use the clean towels you just put out 🤣
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Air dry! Everything must air dry! And grilling the kids each morning on whether they’ve cleared out their showers
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It’s absolute torture that’s for sure!
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It could be coffee withdrawal!
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No! Can’t be! Shouldn’t that make me sleep *better*? 😆
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Sometimes works the opposite way!!
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Hope you feeling better.
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Bit by bit…
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