Alarm Clock

Well, how can I start this. Thursday, I was so happy because my husband had woken up before his alarm went off, and decided to get out of bed. Usually, he stays in bed and ends up falling asleep again. Therefore, I get woken up at about 0530 by his stupid alarm clock. The problem is not necessarily with the alarm clock, but mainly with the fact that he lets it beep for about two to three minutes before snoozing it. Now, I want you to pay close attention to the word snoozing, because he does not turn the alarm clock off until about 0600. Even then, I still would not have a problem with him snoozing his alarm clock for a half hour. What really aggravates me, is that he also sets his cell phone's alarm clock to go off five minutes after his regular alarm clock goes off. So, think about it... around 0530 his regular alarm clock goes off. Then, he snoozes it right at about 0532 or 0533. Last but not least, his cell phone's alarm clock goes off at 0535. So, repeat this process over and over, until 0600. I believe, this is enough to make a normal person go insane.

However, this is not my only issue with his alarm clocks. Not only do I have to hear one after the other, but I also have to put up with their annoying sounds. His regular alarm clock, starts off loud and has a regular steady beep. The more he lets it beep, the faster and louder it gets. Then, his lovely cell phone alarm is so loud, that it could make you have a heart attack, if you weren't expecting it. Needless to say, I have to deal with this everyday of the week, except for the weekends. The weekends are nicer because I do not have to put up with the alarm clock situation. However, my husband still wakes up early. Even though he tells me to keep on sleeping, I can not seem to be able to do so. Who could possibly sleep with someone roaming the house or watching a movie in the living room with the surround sound on? Not me.

I guess he has gotten a little better about the alarm clock issue. Back when we were dating, he used to have three different alarm clocks, set to different times. So, he would have his regular alarm clock that would slowly get faster and louder. Then, his cell phone which at the time was set to the "Low Rider" song. He also had his stereo set very loud to play "Master of the Puppets" by Metallica. I must say after all of that, it was hard for me to fall back asleep.

Lucky Duck

It’s amazing how some people are lucky and others can hardly manage to have a good day! In my opinion, there are three types of people. There is the person who wakes up in the morning, feels refreshed, and gets ready with no problems. Then that person gets to work or wherever he/she may be going, gets a good parking spot, and everything is perfect throughout the day. Meanwhile, there is also the person who wakes up and realizes that he/she is late for work, gets stuck in traffic, and has a horrible day from then on. However, there is also the person that is right in between. This person could have a better day, but in the meantime, knows that things could be worse and is satisfied by this fact. The other day, I went to the casino for the very first time here in Shreveport. Needless to say, I lost all the money that I had taken with me to gamble. It wasn’t very much, so it didn’t really matter. While I was gambling, I wondered why some people were lucky enough to go back home with money in their pockets and some with empty pockets. I was playing on a slot machine and next to me was this lady who was playing the exact same thing I was. The only difference was that I was losing all of my money and she was winning every single time she hit that “spin” button. I guess you can say luck was on her side! Then, I looked over to the other side and saw a gentleman insert a $100 bill into a different slot. It must have been thirty minutes later, when I saw him putting another $100 bill into the machine. It really made me think about all the people, who just like him, insert money into those machines over and over again thinking that they might get lucky! What exactly is it that drives these people to put that extra bill into the machine? Do they honestly think that they will win if they insert that “last bill”? Do they believe that they will be able to recover all the money that they have lost? These were all things that I was thinking while I was there. What really amazed me about the casino was that I was able to witness two opposite feelings everywhere I looked. One person would be screaming with joy because he/she won a large amount of money, while the person sitting right next to him/her could be crying with fury because he/she just put his/her family in jeopardy by gambling more than he/she should have. So, this brings me back to my initial thought! Some people just have luck on their side, while others seem to have bad things always happen to them.

Is it my fault?

Do you ever wonder "what would have happened if I wouldn't have done that? What if I wouldn't have said that?" Well, that is exactly what I am wondering right now. I accidentally forgot a pair of scissors one the couch last night. Today, my husband came home after working for about 12 hours and sat down on the couch. I was going to my car to get something out of it. All of the sudden, I heard my husband scream with fury. I rushed inside the house, thinking that something really bad had happened to him or my newborn. When I asked him what happened he replied in a very aggravated voice "something just stabbed me on the butt!" As he was looking through the couch, he found the pair of scissors that had just stabbed him. I took the scissors and immediately proceeded to put them away. However, as I was doing so, I busted out into an incontrollable laughter. I think that really aggravated my husband even more. I felt really bad for him and did not think that it was funny. It just seems like every time something of that sort happens, I burst out laughing. I don't know how to control it. I think that my nerves play a trick on me every time. I really don't think it's funny, but it's the way that my body reacts to situations like that. I really wish I could change that because I realize that it upsets people. A long time ago, when I lived with my mother, she fell in the tub and I was really nervous and rushed to help her out. However, once I saw that she was okay (that she did not have any broken bones or anything of the sort), I could not help myself but laugh. I really wish I could be able to control it, I just don't know how!