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Beau Wann, Jr.
Hey John, Jackie and BJ, thanks for the info. I tried the concoction that I got from HEB, called sleepyhead, it made me sleepy, dont know if it was psychosomatic, power of suggestion, or if it really did the trick. I slept for about two hours, fitfully, because Sammy the cat was crying. I threw him out on the porch, and then slept from 2 till 6:26. Longest I've slept in years, except for my surgeries. I wish I could use the stuff they use to knock you out for surgery.
I tried the SLEEPYHEAD concoction again last night, and the night was a disaster as far as sleep goes.
The brew tastes like caramel, but I think it made my stomach hurt all night.
I dont think we have any baby aspirin, baby, but will get some today. I think we have muscle relaxers, think?, hells bells, we have two pantries, and one of them looks like the drugstore. The problem I've found with muscle relaxers, is that they put my innards to sleep, ie bladder, kidneys etc,. then other problems arise.....I believe I'd rather not sleep than have the other problems.
Hey BJ, does the, whatever you are taking, have any side effects? Any known listed ones? If it is medicine, and has a side effect, I GET EM, regardless whether I know about them or not ! ! !
Maybe I just dont have enough faith ! ! ! Maybe my relationship with God isnt strong enough ! Heaven knows, I've discussed this problem at length with God, all night long for many nights many years. We discuss lots of the books of the bible ! I've talked to Mathew Mark Luke and John, Isaiah, and really argued with God about Samuel and why he allowed David to steal Bathsheba from his friend and General Uriah !
Stealing Bathsheba was nothing compared to having his friend killed at the front lines ! To me, thats the most heinous crime and sin of all. He threw out the 10 commandments. And Gods punishment to David and Bathsheba was KILLING THE BABY? What the heck kind of deal is that? What about the child? It didnt count? And Herods slaughter of male children 2 years and under, hoping he would kill King Jesus as well?
Ok, I've got to tell you, that sort of stuff, just confuses the heck out of me. I know you are suppose to just accept Gods wisdom and whatever comes from God, good and bad. I'm not God, thank goodness, but if I had been, I believe I'd a come down and physically slapped the crap out of david and bathsheba and allowed the child to live so that the parents would have to put braces on their teeth and send them to college, and let em move back home....
I know, the next child they had was Solomon, and he was a good king, but my little pea brain just has a hard time with illogical things !
So, you see, I'm pretty much up all night discussing with God, why this and why that...etc. I guess that's just the human in me. I do discuss this with Diane, and she is about as smart and knowledgeable of the bible as can be. She usually can talk me through these things I have trouble with, and show me the error of my ways, sometimes. She has been a member of Oaks Presbyterian church since 1956, she was 3. She has been on every committee and chaired every committee dozens of times. She generally listens, whereas I run pell mell, helter skelter shouting "the sky is falling the sky is falling"....guess you can just call me chicken little.
I know the real answer....FAITH....you must have FAITH...that is the key, the only key to understanding and also the key to the door of Heaven....God never promised that the road wouldnt be bumpy, just a smooth landing ! But I'm ok with all that stuff, just not getting any sleep. I keep thinking that I'm awake for a purpose, like maybe staving off trouble in the middle of the night ie indian attacks, pirates, bear attacks, bunny attacks....that's why I have dogs, to wake us up and warn us of impending danger...
Speaking of Bunnies, Diane has found a "rabbit nest" in our front yard by one of the flawr (east texas for flower) boxes. And much to my displeasure, it has 3 baby bunnies, still nekid (any dialect for naked) and eyes not opened yet. She had to build em a fort so the momma rabbit could get in and not the dogs. Jack will kill them the murderin cur.
Then it rained, and filled the hole up, so Diane is out there in the storm pulling, Winkin Blinkin and Nod, yes they are named, groan...out of the nest and putting them in a bucket lined with one of the good towels and grass and all sorts of dry and warmth....hells bells, I dont even get to use the good towels...jeese! ! ! !
She wants to show them to me, and I run away. I dont want to raise any more aminals. It's bad enough she has already named them and letting them use the good linen ! Then, she asks me how to take the water out of the hole so she can put them back in so moma wont miss them. Oh lord, I guess I will have to go get my wet/dry vac....maybe she wont think of that....
Know what she did? Got a turkey baster and sucked the water out of the hole. She said it worked better at that than basting any turkey. I said, " good, dont put it back in with all the other utensils" ! ! ! She assured me she wouldnt!
Now she wants to know what to line the nest with....why cant I go to sleep? I've got to take care of the bunnies, that's why. I tell her to put a couple of layers of small pebbles in the bottom of the nest, that will keep the water drained, and hell, take one of my "flight jackets" and stuff it into the hole along with my good socks and underwear and just about anything else she can get in there. Heavens, I sure wouldnt want the bunnies to be uncomfortable. I did build a roof for them out of a piece of plywood. I didnt have any shingles or tar paper, so the piece of wood would have to do.
I did ask her if that was ok, and she said I could go to home depot and get some tar paper and a shingle and that would be ok. Uh Dear, they dont sell just one shingle, or one piece of tar paper. Thank goodness we have a metal roof, or she'd have me up on the roof in the storm tearing one shingle off the house to make a bunny roof ! ! !
I know, why dont you just bring em in and set them by the fire place, why, I'll drag a dead ol tree in and chunk it in the fireplace and build a fire for em and put up a sign for momma bunny to come on in and she can take care of em by the fire. And shucky darn, she can just stay there and hey, why not invite all her friends in, yeah, that's the ticket....!!!!!!!!!
Momma bunnies nurse their young around dusk and dawn. Other than that, they stay away to keep predators away. Last report I've gotten from Diane on Winken Blinken and Nod, is that they are doing ok, got more fur, eyes still not open yet....swell ! ! ! !
I wonder if I'm gonna have to have braces put on their teeth and send them to Bunny School ! ! ! I'm not buying them a Bunny car, I draw the line at that...maybe a scooter, but not a car! ! !
Oh no, I just thought of something, what about Easter? I'd rather eat the boiled eggs than hide them! Will they hide them, or search for them? Guess I'd better start studying about the care and wellfare of bunnies....
She was discussing with me about how to keep the rabbits out of the yard, and I gave her my idear, I have two Rabbit fur trooper hats from LL Bean. I told Diane I could put one on a stick and hang it outside to warn other rabbits that if you trespass, this is what you will end up as, A HAT ! ! ! Of course that earned a look of disapproval from you know who! Ok, I know what I have to do once the baby bunnies are gone! I will have to put up chicken wire now at the bottom of the fence, to keep the rabbits from procreating in the yard and leaving us with the bunny support!
Diane took a turn around the place, ie front and back yard, and Cooper memorial ball field, and she tells me that there are bunnies everywhere. I look, and there are two at home plate, one at pitchers mound and one behind the 1st base bleechers........AAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG, NOT ON MY BALL FIELD YOURE NOT....GET OUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now you see why I cant sleep...tilting at windmills.....
Heavy sigh! ! ! your frien and the bunnies best frien, Cephus the chicken little...
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It was an awesome experience to have been in the Guard. Miss Lee, our great leader, the sound of our drums, bugles and trumpets, our many practices, the marching performances at half time and the finale our ripple!! Wonderful friendships and memories! 
