Light and Snow

Today our insurance agent drove out from Bend to take photos of the house. It's been clear and sunny the past few days, but we still have snow. The insurance guy couldn't believe it. All the snow had melted away in Bend already, and he was going to go golfing. But then he gets here and we still have snow. Lots of snow. I've been shoveling snow from the front yard, trying to clear the path from the front door to the driveway.

The guy had his dog in his pickup truck. You know you're living in Central Oregon when your insurance agent drives a pickup and shows up with a dog. Poor guy almost got stuck in the driveway when he went to leave. I'm telling you, we've got a lot of snow.

Normally I'm a night owl. I do most of my blogging at night, after the news, before I go to sleep. Since moving here, though, I find myself falling right to sleep. I couldn't figure it out. I've been pondering the problem, because I don't like feeling tired every day and not being able to stay up.

This morning I think I figured it out. Do you remember the pictures I posted of the house, before we moved in? The ones with no furniture or window treatments? Well, we have furniture now. But still no window treatments. The sun's been waking me up about six o'clock every morning, only I didn't realize it was the light waking me up. That's what sleep deprivation does to you.

So today I hung a blanket in the bedroom window to block the light, and hopefully I'll be able to sleep in tomorrow morning.


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