Night Vision

I am convinced that you can see more at night vs. day. During the day, when the sun has illuminated the world around you, it's more and more difficult to see... everything. At night, I can sit outside, listen to the crickets and see my grandparents house...more specifically the bedroom I stay in when I'm visiting, the screen door to the balcony and the leaves dancing in the moon light just steps from my bed. I would venture to guess most kids don't see the boogie man's shadow on the wall until they've been tucked in, the door left open just and inch and the lights turned....off. And on a long road trip into the wee hours when Mom or Dad says we're almost there, just around the bend, you believe them, you can see it... .well, you believe them until you've gone around three corners, been just beyond the bend twice and were just over 4 or 6 hills (you'd have a better count, but you were too busy wet willy'ing your sleeping sister in the bench seat in front of you).

I feel this is why I get energy as the sun sets. More seems possible. Perhaps I'm just rationalizing my inability to sleep some nights, but the world seems both bigger and smaller at the same time. The projects you want to dive into are within reach and the goals you set are attainable, regardless of scale.

I've had a great deal of night vision lately, some examples of which are below:

- I've seen my little pregnant goddess begin to become a Mom

- I've realized that fort building skills really come from the Matriarch, and typically begin with pillows

- I've seen the calm before the storm

- And most importantly I've learned it's in the best interest of someone's wife that I figure out how to sleep at night.... you're googleable my Love, and it's probably best you lock your Picassa albums..

Counting the minutes until I'm asked, very sweetly.. to remove the gunslinger from this post..

short, sweet....until next time, enjoy what dreams may come

-dp