Day 5

Things that go bump in the night!

Yes! This is my nightlight! It looks decorative to throw people off and lives in the hallway just outside my bedroom so people don't really think it's for me. BUT.. who am I kidding, it's totally for me!

Being a military wife you spend a lot of nights alone. Being a military wife when your husband is a cop, you spend A WHOLE LOT of nights alone. ALL ALONE! ALONE... ALONE.... ALONE!

For some reason when Jay isn't here every house we have ever lived in likes to talk to me at night. The pipes make noises that sound like someone is scratching the walls. The stairs creak as if someone is coming up them. That lonely tree branch scratches against the window. The shadows can twist and move into evil little lurkers coming in my bedroom, OH wait, that was just the girls asking if they could sleep with me!
Now when Jay is here I sleep facing the wall. I fall asleep fast and put my faith in him that he will be the man of the house and save us from intruders. If I actually thought this plan out I would realize exactly how flawed it is. Jay sleeps like a log! We have gone through TWO crying babies in the night and the man didn't budge! I would lay there and let them cry, (for a reasonable mom amount of time) and see if he would wake. Did he? No! He didn't even move! In fact I am pretty sure he snored louder! So than I would do what any reasonable woman would...pinch him!!! Aww look at my wonderful hubby taking care of the babies! So you can see how this may not work when Jack the Ripper comes up the stairs!

So we have our guard dog. Sassy! Sassy is a vicious little cattle dog that will attack at any minute. IF... you are a tennis ball or a rope! She sleeps where Jay does when he is gone. To make me feel at home, she snores! LOUDLY! Last night she managed to make herself fall off the bed! At the worst possible time! You see, I had finally come to the conclusion that an ax murderer was not on his way up the stairs and was just about to fall asleep, facing the wall, when all of a sudden... THUMP! I shot up in my bed, thought ok which kid do I grab first, wheres the phone!

Hello 9-1-1 what is your emergency?
Hi Yes.. Michael Myers is on his way up my stairs to kill me!
How do you know this ma'am?
I heard a thump!--- Oh wait... hold on...My dog feel out of bed. My Bad. Sorry to bother you operator!

So at this point my heart is still going a mile a minute cause it has yet to calm down from my near death experience. I finally try to drift back to sleep except now I stare out the bedroom door where I can see the top of the stair landing. I hold my phone and look at the small little decorative light that illuminates. I realize I will have to do this myself, like most military wives because Jay is gone and that darn dog is snoring again! I psych myself up with exit strategies and fail proof plans...Bring it on Michael Myers...I'm waiting for you!!!

This little light of mine!