Good Morning. It is 5 a.m. as I type this. I've been wide awake since 1:48 when the damm dog woke me up to go out.  Thought he had to "go,"  turns out he just wanted to go outside and lay on the deck. arrrgh.
For the record, he is not a damm dog, he's a sweetheart.   It's just that I thought he had to GO, but he didnt have to go. he just wanted to sit on the deck and bask in the cool night air. and 4 hours later, I'm Stil Wide Awake!

Do you know what he is doing???? he's sound asleep!!! Didn't even get up to follow me into the famiy room, so tired is he. 

i should warn you that I'm not entirely coherent at this hour.
I did 2 loads of laundry and read the whole paper.  again. It's really nice outside. I was out there for awhile, feeling all the cool fall breezes.  Then I went back bed. (censored). Then I got up again.
I'm watching the early morning news right now.

They're still looking for the guy in lakeland who shot and killed a cop and his dog, and wounded another cop. The link is here.   I hope they find and slay the bastard.  They should release him to a pack of pit bulls. or a pack of angry police dogs. what kind of bastard shoots a dog? someone who has no respect for the law, that's what.    There's a high school nearby that went into lockdown when the shooting occured.  Later on, they bussed all the students out to a church and by late last night, they were still slowly releasing the students one by one.  Parents had been waiting since afternoon to pick up the teens.  All because of one idiot.

Why are you reading this. It is 5:22 and I have nothign to say.  Dumb dog is still sleeping. Rick has a sleep apnea. I went in to see if he was breathing, and he was.  I'm supposed to check for that at night, but I usually sleep right through it.

(Flipping channels on TV)

I wish they'd stop showing all the happy clapping men in suits when the Dow stats are on. If you're gonna clap for the up arrow, at least have the decency to sit around and sob when the down arrow shows up.

(flipping to the weather channel)  rain in Jersey.
(flipping to Discovery Channel) " in 1925 a Ford Model T cost less than $300.  Bill Porter is retired now teaches automotive design..."
(flipping to fishing channel)  "Lynn, this is your first experience with the big bull reds?"  Lynn: "Yes it is, Roland."
Roland:   "I'm just throwing the jig out here, not more than 7 or 8 feet deep."   "here's a tide break, we'll just troll along this tide break"  Now lynn, we're using buckails for today's fishing"
Lynn catches a big redfish in less than 30 seconds.  My hub has fished all day for one like that. I better not put this in print, he'd kill me.
Roland: "Ive got a special boga grip.  Oh son, that's a big one"   She pulls in a 20 pounder on a 1 ounce spro bucktail.   Hoo boy, nice size redfish.

Rick just woke up.  It's 5:48 a.m.  I'm feelng tired again.  He wants to know if I want coffee.  Also wants me to put the fishing channel back on.
There goes Roland, landing another one. 27 pound bull red. Still talking about his Boca Grip.

Buddy is still sleeping. dumb dog.

Comments

[Deana]

I was up early one day this week from the pups and seem to be waking up at the same time since. Actually I am watching the sun rise as I type, which is nice.
Sorry you can't sleep but your sweet doggie can. They are something aren't they?

PS- what an awful, awful story the SOB.

[tony]

They should be looking for him around the USF area, right Florida Cracker? I'm with ya Laura, Shoot First, Ask Questions Later.

[Laura]

Tony, it's out by Lakeland, further east! There's a large wooded tract where they're hunting for him.

Deanna, I finally got a good 2 hours of sleep, from 6 to 8. whew! I enjoy those early morning hours before the sun rises, just not the 1 a.m to 5 a.m shift!

[tony]

I know, L. I was being a smarty-pants. Been keepin' a close eye on the story. `

[Gypsy]

Lord, Lancelot is forever watching the fishing channel!

I'm sorry you couldn't sleep. That's the worst. But I did enjoy your run-through of TV at 5am.

[Sue]

Laura, dogs -- can't live with them, can't live without them. Read my latest saga. As for the sleep apnea, he should be on a CPAP -- best thing I ever did for myself -- not pretty to look at but I sleep well and my partner sleeps much better as well :)

[InterstellarLass]

Doh! Buddy...

[Janet]

hahaha loved this post. Damn editing on those fishing shows, eh?

[Florida Cracker]

That scum is a pile of grey meat now. I knew he wasn't coming out of the woods alive.

Such a senseless waste for the officer and the K-9. It makes me too angry to say any more.

The rest of your post was quite amusing.

[sandyw554]

One of our cats starts her incessant meowing at 5:30am every morning and my husband now just drops his arm down the side of the bed and the cat rubs itself while he continues to sleep...works MOST of the time.
Sometimes he just has to get up...the cat just wants HIM up for company.