View From the Bushes

I haven't slept well the last couple of nights, and I'm wondering why, though there was plenty to contribute to last night's restlessness. The big thing was that it was incredibly windy last night. By itself this wasn't too bad, but I knew that I had left one of the windows down in my car. Since I was pretty sure that wind meant rain I was haunted all night by a soaked interior. Also, there was this weird buzzing sound that accompanied the wind. When I told a co-worker about it this morning he said it was probably loose shingles. My own house doesn't have shingles but the house next door (five feet away from the corner where the master bedroom is) was recently shingled so I guess that could be it.

Before the wind even started I had a hard time falling asleep, and a hard time staying asleep. My guess is that I fell asleep sometime around 12:30 and woke up at around 5:00. At that point I wandered out in my pajamas and rolled up the car window. After more tossing and turning I fell back asleep around 6:00 and got another hour or so in before the alarm went off at 7:00... It wouldn't have been that remarkable if the night before hadn't gone about the same, only without the wind. I wonder if my kids' new nightlights are contributing to it. I doubt it, but they are really, really bright...

Haunted by the howling winds of doom
Ross