Greetings,
I went to bed after 5:00 am. At 8:00 am I woke up because a dog was whining/howling/barking. It was such a pitiful sound. I felt sorry for the dog. I guess someone had just left for work and left him/her home by himself. I wanted to tear through the walls and get him so that he could settle down on my bed and we could sleep together. Then I could get some rest.

At 8:45 the dog was still carrying on and I was still awake.

Who the heck leaves a dog alone in an apartment all day?

I made up the day bed in the computer room and turned on the fan. Then the landscaping trucks started working outside my window in all their noisy glory. But I am starting to get used to truck sounds. I woke up at 11:00 am and skedaddled to work. I felt like an idiot for not getting the sleep thing straightened out.


I am going to order styrofoam earplugs over the internet tonight.
http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/superhearos.html
Tomorrow I will pick up some cheap silicone ear plugs at the nearby drug store --

---too tired to pick up drugstore earplugs or do anything else execpt show up at work. The boss noticed my red eyes so I told her about the dog keeping me up. I left off about the part about not going to bed until it was nearly sunrise.

Mari

Dear Mari,
You go girl with the graphics!!!!!!
Have I missed them here somewhere?
Bet you will catch up on sleep tonight.
barking dogs can drive anyone crazy!
bizi

Dear Bizi,
Here is a smiley site.
http://www.thesmilies.com/happy.php

...hoping for sleep.
Mari

wonder if this works!
bizi
edited to add...thanks Mari!
that is pretty cool!

Bizi,
I don't remember seeing that on my site. It is beautiful and fun.
Mari

hello,
If I ever did decide I wanted a dog, I would get two. That would be a natural way for a dog to live -- with another dog.
Mari