Creep night
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pjthompsonAfter two days of crud and starting to feel better, I came down with a case of insomnia last night. That's a rare event for me. I finally got up about 1 to make some hot milk. I may have gotten to sleep about 1:30, but I was wide awake again at 5. I refused to get up, threw the covers over my head and got some more dozing in between 5:30 and 6:30.
One of the nastier aspects of laying awake and tossing and turning for several hours was the creepy feeling that someone was prowling around the verges of the house last night, looking for a way to get in. I have no idea why I had that remarkable sensation but I got up at one as much to turn the lights on and scare potential intruders as I did for a sleep aid. I am not usually prone to these kinds of fantasies, either, so perhaps it came from the same place as the insomnia.
I did hear a clattering sound about 11:30 or so and got up to do a walk through the house checking on things. Everything seemed in order, but I played around with one of the screens at the front of the house to see if that made the noise. It didn't, exactly.
When I got up at 6:30, the roommate informed me the some(one)(thing) had gotten into the garage last night and up on the counter where she had a series of niche boxes she'd been working on. They'd all been knocked over—clatter clatter clatter. That's probably what I heard.
Cats or possums, most likely. We have a cat or small-possum sized whole in the garage door so the outdoor cat can sleep in there. I don't know if that's what my subconscious felt or if I was just being imaginative or . . .
"I will permit it to pass over me and through me....Where fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
One of the nastier aspects of laying awake and tossing and turning for several hours was the creepy feeling that someone was prowling around the verges of the house last night, looking for a way to get in. I have no idea why I had that remarkable sensation but I got up at one as much to turn the lights on and scare potential intruders as I did for a sleep aid. I am not usually prone to these kinds of fantasies, either, so perhaps it came from the same place as the insomnia.
I did hear a clattering sound about 11:30 or so and got up to do a walk through the house checking on things. Everything seemed in order, but I played around with one of the screens at the front of the house to see if that made the noise. It didn't, exactly.
When I got up at 6:30, the roommate informed me the some(one)(thing) had gotten into the garage last night and up on the counter where she had a series of niche boxes she'd been working on. They'd all been knocked over—clatter clatter clatter. That's probably what I heard.
Cats or possums, most likely. We have a cat or small-possum sized whole in the garage door so the outdoor cat can sleep in there. I don't know if that's what my subconscious felt or if I was just being imaginative or . . .
"I will permit it to pass over me and through me....Where fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
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