THE FIRST FEW MOMENTS....

--The first few moments after waking up are like walking out of a snow storm and you can finally see where in Sam hill your going.
--Once you talk yourself into cracking open your eye's. You realize it's time to throw caution to the wind leave the comfort of that fluffy goodness known as your pillow and find a different position to lie in. Before the aches and twitches realize your awake and start their shenanigans.
--It's a stupid game you've been playing for years not by choice but necessity. Right then your not really thinking about that just trying to stay ahead of the game before round two starts.
--My wife asks the age old question we both ask each other when the other awakens in the middle of the night. Then we reassure each other with a gentle pat and words of comfort. So the other can get back to sleep.
--As you sit there listening to the sounds of the night you realize it's the little thing's that make the whole of it endurable. It's these that you thank god for as you slowly drift back to sleep.
--Of course sleeping and walking are not a good combination. Doorways are missed, and furniture turns into rabid animals bent on your destruction. But like everything in life it's amazing the amount of things you learn to endure in that quest for the first morning cup of coffee....