Do you know what happens when there is a rain and wind storm at the beginning of February in Minnesota?
You wake up in the middle of the night in a dead panic CONvinced that the sounds you hear is a burglar crawling around in your air ducts or an escaped murderer dancing an Irish jig in your attic. This leads to frantic texting of family members to see if someone, anyone, is awake at 3:00am and willing to calm you down over the phone. When that fails, you turn on the light and poke at the cat until she yawns herself awake so you don't feel completely alone. After the soothing music you've turned on has absolutely no effect on drowning out the dark and stormy night noises you turn your ceiling fan up to high so it sounds like a jet is taking off in your bedroom. That almost helps but not quite enough so you reach into your Catholic roots and start whispering Hail Mary's, hoping the repetition will lull you to sleep. Bingo. They work like a charm; better than Nyquil or Tylenol PM.
I don't know how anyone ever manages to stay awake for a full rosary...
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LOL know how it feels. It doesnt need a thunderstorm to make me completely freak out in the middle of the night. im scared of darkness itself.
omg - next time remember that serial killers do more of a graceful quiet dance than the Irish Jig!
My mom always uses the rosary to fall asleep. I used to do it in Ukraine more often. It's an awesome tradition.
I had a couple hard-to-fall-asleep nights when I was making the decision to leave the sem. Rosaries are a great gift. So is Night Prayer from the LOTH.
Huh, I wondered why my car was so clean yesterday.
As for falling asleep, rosaries are good. Even if it doesn't knock you out, it'll at least calm you down. What I don't understand are people who can fall asleep reading.
Sounds just like me except my fear is that there more certainly is a tornado screaming through the backyard getting ready to smash into my house. Yup. Even in February. Boo to wind storms
Once again it sounds like you need private security. First the scissors at work, now this! I know this great company called Blackmole. They're open 24/7 so call anytime.
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