Do you remember that creepy “Night Gallery” episode where Patty Duke finds a diary written in her handwriting but the entries are all for the following day? Everything starts happening in her life exactly as she read that it would in her diary. All of a sudden, the next day’s entry is blank. Patty becomes so convinced that this means she’s going to die that day that she ends up in a straitjacket locked in a mental institution!
I suddenly feel like my blog has turned into Patty Duke’s diary! As I was writing yesterday’s post about my poor sleep habits and Kendall's ability to sleep through the Second Coming of Christ, I thought I was exaggerating some of the details to make my point. I then went home and found out that Kendall had fallen asleep at noon and was still sleeping when I got home in the early evening. Cut to a close-up of the hour hand whizzing by on the clock and me, after nudging Kendall every few hours to make sure she was still breathing, finally falling asleep at midnight and waking up at 3:30! Kendall was still sleeping when I left the house this morning and she finally woke up at 10:00 am. That’s 22 hours, folks! God love her, can the Starbucks IV drip be far behind?
If I can make things happen just by writing about them in here, where are all my blog entries about winning the lottery or getting a publishing contract? Instead I tend to write about one neurotic habit after another, thus cementing their hold on me.
Or do you think I’m overestimating the power of my blog? Maybe I do need Patty Duke’s straitjacket!
The beauty of neuroses is the fabulous feeling of omnipotence that often accompanies it! Hang in there - you bring us joy!
Posted by: Tamar | February 06, 2005 at 12:47 PM
The tale of my sleeping has been grossly exagerated. I was not asleep until one in the afternoon and I was up by nine the next morning!
Posted by: Your Wife | February 06, 2005 at 07:44 PM
Ah yes, thanks for the correction, Kendall. Readers, please note that Kendall slept only 20 hours last night, well within the range of normal sleep patterns!
(Said with love, to quote my very empathetic sister-in-law!)
Posted by: Danny | February 06, 2005 at 08:16 PM
Danny:
I went and got a hearing test around a month ago and they said my hearing was fine but they wanted me to spend a night at a sleep clinic at Peterson and Western tied up to electrodes and what not which I will be doing next Saturday after seeing Lane Tech's performance of "West Side Story". If they don't "cure" me maybe they can help with the run-on sentences. I'll give you a full report.
Posted by: Uncle Paul | February 07, 2005 at 03:45 AM