Reasons to Stay in Bed

Sometimes I truly fear for my own safety, and not because of other people but because of what a space cadet I can be! After an exhausting weekend of hitting the town along with working at my second job, I went to bed last night just before 9:00. However I could not sleep. I'm usually an incredibly light sleeper in the first place and because my street is kinda loud, I can't open the windows otherwise I won't sleep at all. The problem is that it's been really hot and sunny recently in Dublin (I know, shocking!) and this has caused my room's temperature to soar to near tropical climes at night. Sweating and tossing and turning equal no sleep. I managed to catch a few hours interspersed with bizzare dreams which included; receiving a present in the mail from a friend only to discover he'd sent me a couple of mint condition Cabbage Patch Kids in their original boxes, I dreamt I was back teaching English in Japan only I was very vocal about how much I hated it but the kids were actually really sweet and good, to finding myself in a staff meeting with old coworkers, friends from a previous job in Ireland, Brian and Mikey from the current season of Big Brother. When my alarm went off at 6:10 this morning and I noticed the overcast skies, I immediately thought of not wearing the skirt I'd ironed the night before...the skirt? Oh S**T! I'd set out the iron on the ironing board last night, PLUGGED IN, and went to bed! It was still on and hot when I rushed to the kitchen. Honestly, God must have been watching out for a complete muppet like me for that thing to have not caught fire. I still feel sick when I think about it.

After getting myself sorted this morning, I rode the bus to O'Connell Street, caught the tram and tried to wake myself up for a long day of work. However, when I tried to get off the tram at my stop, people just wouldn't get out of the way so I just about fell over and then when I started to walk along the sidewalk, my heel got caught in a grate, causing me to propel forward and land my bare foot on the dirty concrete, whereby I had to hop on one foot while I tried to haul out my shoe. It's not even 9am and far too much has happened today. A coworker just reminded me that things happen in 3s so hopefully my day will continue fairly uneventfully. Hopefully. Knock on wood.