This past weekend, my little sister visited me in Phoenix. When I was a little kid, my dad used to tell me a lot of deep things that I never quite understood at the time. One day, he described how he had met a good friend of his, and he was able to "open his heart and tell him his troubles". My dad's always been a pretty easygoing guy, never seemed to have many "troubles". This weekend has really opened my mind as to what he was talking about. For the most part, my life is good. I know I'm a pretty lucky person. That dosen't mean I don't have worries. This weekend my little sister came to town and for the first time in a LONG time, I was able to truly open my heart and share my troubles. I guess that's what the old man meant......
Big day tomorrow. BIG DAY tomorrow. Lets hope it all goes to plan.
It was a pretty lazy Saturday. Sat around, watched TV, talked to some buddies on the phone. Generally did nothing productive. I love Saturdays!
So I finally decide to leave the house and roam around a bit. Went and got some Boba Tea. I'm hooked on the stuff. On my way back, instead of going home, I decide to go up to Scottsdale and look around the mall. On my way up there I'm talking to my dad on my cell phone. I'm at this red light and I look over to see one of those tour busses. I continue to talk to my dad, he's telling me about something, blah blah. I look over again at the tour bus, this time I look harder though the DARK tinted glass. I peer in to see a BUNCH of little kids. There's a little girl smiling and laughing at me right next to the window and she's waving. HHAHHAHA. I remember those days! Next thing you know they're trying to get me to honk my horn. I couldn't let them down. Honked my horn like a crazy man. They all went NUTS!!!!!!!! Brought a big smile to my face.
Ok, somehow, I've developed allergies. To what, I have no idea. Apparently there are a lot of plants out here in Phoenix that were brought here from other places and only grow because we water them. Anyway, for the past 2 months or so, I've been in a constant state of suffering. My nose is plugged and my eyes feel like they're all puffy. It's exactly like when you're getting sick, but not fully sick yet. Anyway, so a couple weeks ago I tried Zyrtec. Worked ok but it made me tired. Wasn't thrilled about it. So I went on suffering for a while. Last Sunday I was at the drug store and decided to pickup some Claritin-D. Went up to the pharmacy asked for it and then I asked "This won't make me drowsy will it?" There was a cute pharmacist behind the counter who kind of chuckled and said "No." Cool I thought. I get home, pop a pill and head to sleep. Couldn't sleep. At all. Not even close. Turns out, Claritin-D causes sleeplessness (a nice way to say insomnia) in some people. I am one of those people. I would have just stopped taking it altogether but the thing is, all of my allergy symptoms were gone too. I've never breathed so well in my life. SO. Here's the plan. I pop a pill in the mornings at work. My thinking is that the brunt of the sleeplessness will happen during the day, exactly when I want it. Then at night, I take a Benadryl.
DOOOOOD. I've never felt or slept this well in my life!!!!!