in the middle of the night

who knew that there was a whole world of activity in the middle of the night? not me, i am a morning person. i am that person who falls asleep in any movie that carries on past 9 PM. for those of you who are night people, you know that a whole world exists after 10 PM, 12 AM, and even later. i still think all of you are crazy.

against my will i find myself awake at some of your crazy hours because emma is teething. last night, i found myself halfway down the hall before i woke up and realized emma was screaming. poor little girl. sadly i am so disoriented, most of the time, the best i can do is stand over her bed and stare at her while trying desperately to think of how to help her. thankfully shawn, a card carrying member of the night people's society, comes in with all his wherewithall and says something like "maybe we should give her some Motrin" "good idea" i mutter.

a few months ago some young guys were walking down our street around 2 in the morning yelling at each other at the top of their lungs. emma must have been crying as well because those two sounds joined together in my head and i started dreaming that those boys were abandoning a baby in the bushes in my front yard. the next thing i knew i was standing in our doorway yelling "WHERE IS THE BABY" at the loud boys on our street. i have a vague recollection of one of the boys saying "he is fine" meaning the other guy was fine, to which i yelled "I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIM, WHERE IS THE BABY?".

it was when i started yelling that shawn woke up. ah yes, the adventure of being married to Keri, anywhoo...within short order shawn is standing faithfully at my side saying "keri, there is no baby, leave the boys alone". by then the boys were long gone and i am pretty sure they will avoid this street and the crazy lady who lives on it in the future.

all of this to say that if you are a night person, you can have it. give me mornings and sunrises, a good cup of coffee and a full day stretching out in front of me.

and for the record, shawn is going to put a lock on the door that i can't reach in the middle of the night.

as if that will stop me.

funny man.