This Is How I Spent Last Night...

Seriously, looking something like this. Yes, I spent the night at The International Sleep Study Center in West Palm Beach. A full Sleep Study was conducted as I was wired, wired, wired.

Over a year of not resting well, snoring, and Ron not resting well as a result brought me to this point.

The worst part of the Study was not the wires. In fact, I did not think much about the wires and all the other attachments.

The worst part??????

Pulling into a DARK, EMPTY Parking Lot and trying to decide how to best get to the front door without being mugged or attacked. I am serious. The moment I pulled in, I thought...mmmmmm....no security in the parking lot on Dark Sunday Night. How will I get to the door safely? No one is around, however, they may appear the moment I am in a vulnerable spot en route to the door.

These thoughts were compounded by the REAL situation that happened to my Dad while my Mother was having her Sleep Study in Montana. My dad had a LOADED GUN put to his head in the Parking Lot of the Hospital. He was the Mission President at that time. Were it not for his obedience in wearing his Name Tag on the Outside of his coat....well... you can only imagine what may have happened. Obedience SAVED HIS LIFE.

So there I am, thinking about my dad, the gun, and my mom's Sleep Study...No security in the parking lot, No one around that I can see....my heart racing along with my thoughts.

I reviewed the instructions for getting in the door, memorized the code, gathered my stuff,

and SAID A PRAYER.

As soon as I said, Amen, I hid my purse inside my pillow and made a dash for the door. I locked the car with my remote and put my finger on the alarm.

At the door, the first time I entered the code, it said INVALID. What???? I am out here alone and ready to have a coronary at the very thought. The second entry read.....ACCESS GRANTED! I popped inside the door and relaxed as I rode the elevator up to my Home For The Night.

I was amazingly calm by the time I entered the International Center for Sleep.

They had me sign more papers, fill out MORE forms, then wired me and tucked me in for the night. Cameras watched me and all the wires recorded my every move and sound.

Honestly...I did not feel like a slept a wink when 5 am came this morning. The Technician said I slept and she had enough data by 5am.

I, on the other hand, had to go home and take a nap.

Going out into the parking lot this morning....it was still dark. Thankfully, another patient was leaving at the same time. He said, "Let me make sure you get to your car safely." That was music to my tired ears.

I headed home to take a nap before I could hit the ground running....After all, this afternoon,

it was RON'S TURN to have a medical procedure. I had to drop him at Wellington Regional for an Outpatient Procedure...nothing serious, we hope. Something to do with his lungs.

When he came out of recovery early this evening, I had the girls with me. He was in a Wheel Chair and the girls wanted to push him. I couldn't' help but think of all the jokes about how old we are as parents and the girls will be pushing us in Wheel Chairs at their Graduations. With all of our tests...we'll be good as new by the time they Graduate.

Enough of talking about WAY MORE THAN YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO KNOW...aka TMI.