Can't Sleep!

 

Look familiar? It should, I posted this picture last week after I got up for my nocturnal bathroom visit and couldn't get back to sleep. 

What's going on?

I rarely have trouble sleeping, especially at night even after I get up to go to the bathroom.  But here I am at 3:15 AM in the morning and I'm wide awake. 

Maybe it's because I take two hour naps in the afternoon (from three to five PM). Or maybe something else is going on. Now I'm starting to get concerned.

So what to do? I'll do what I did the last time I couldn't get back to sleep, which was just last week. I'll do my regular morning routine until I feel sleepy and go back to bed, no matter what time.

Today I only have one thing on my agenda to do, and that is to vote early.  I'll be voting in a special election to replace my state representative who resigned. 

Yesterday afternoon, as I was talking to Pat I heard my doorbell ring. I thought "Oh here we go again, another salesman." I told Pat "Hang on, you can listen to me and I take care of this." 

When I went to the door I saw these two ladies. They introduced themselves as working for my local Democratic candidate Alonna Berry. Oh! This is great! I was hoping the local candidate would stop by and ask for my vote. I really appreciate it when they personally ask for my vote. 

Me with the lady urging me to vote for her candidate Alonna Berry which I will today!

The twenty years I've lived here in Delaware I've had candidates of both parties stop by and ask for my vote. I was disappointed that the candidate, of both parties, neither one stopped by to ask for my vote. 

I thanked the ladies and invited them in. They were very happy to be greeted so warmly and I was happy to see them. 

I introduced them to Pat (who was still on FaceTime) and got them each a cold bottle of Deer Park spring water. It's hot outside. 

They were so nice! We had a nice little chat, took some selfies, and had some laughs. I told them that Pat and I were going to be married. They loved that and went back to Pat on FaceTime to congratulate him. Both of these ladies had worked tirelessly for marriage equality in Delaware. Then I had a fabulous idea, would they like to be our witnesses at our wedding? They said "YES! Absolutely! They would be honored!"

Me taking a selfie of the three of us. What's with the blurred photo Ron? I guess I was nervous. Darn! 

Fate works in miraculous ways doesn't it? I've been searching around for two people to be witnesses to our wedding. I had asked Judy D. who along with her husband Jack were witnesses to me and Bill's wedding. Jack and Judy have since moved to Pennsylvania and Judy said she couldn't promise because she didn't know what their schedule would be but she would be honored.   

Jack and Judy D., witnesses to my wedding to Bill July 3, 2013

They have seven children and scads of grandchildren and they often travel to visit and attend family events. I sensed that this time maybe not and I didn't want to put that pressure on them. They knew Bill for a longtime and although they have met Pat (at my 60th high school class reunion - Judy is a former classmate of mine), they didn't have quite the closeness to Pat. I understand that. I also asked a guy who I only know from meeting him and his late partner when Bill and I got our wedding license at the Sussex County Courthouse along with many other gay couples July 1st, 2013, the first day when same sex couples could marry in Delaware. I saw on FaceTime several months ago a video of his wedding ceremony to his new husband. Even though I didn't know him personally, having only met him and his late partner that one time twelve years ago. I contacted him by e-mail and asked if he and his new husband would like to be witnesses to me and Pat's wedding. He said he would but I suspected he was just being kind.

I asked the guy in the yellow pullover, his partner/husband to be is to his right. He has since died as has Bill. Sad. The guy in the yellow pullover has since remarried. I saw his wedding ceremony to his new husband on Facebook. It was very touching. I was so happy for them. Soon it will be my turn to be happy again when I marry Pat and these two ladies, who Fate brought us together, will be the perfect witnesses to our wedding since they have done so much to bring about marriage equality in the state of Delaware.

Again, I don't really know him except for that one time. And as you know I don't participate in the local (Rehoboth Beach) gay community. That of course being a subject of several previous blog posts of mine which I won't go into now and perhaps never again. That dead horse has been beat enough. So yesterday was the perfect opportunity because these ladies were so nice. Of course photos and videos will be posted on this blog when that event happens. The only hurdle left to be and Pat getting married is him passing his interview this coming August 7th at the American Embassy in Montreal. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Okay, another blog posting finished. As regular readers know whenever I write a blog posting I never know where I'm going. I just sit down in front of my iMac and place my nimble fingers on my computer's keyboard and let my fingers fly as text flows from my brain to my fingers. That's the only way I can blog folks, stream of thought. And this early in the morning I'm not being interrupted. 

Now onto my regular morning routine and hopefully I'll get sleepy again and grab a few more hours of sleep before I head out and early vote for that Democratic candidate those wonderful ladies who visited me yesterday urged me to vote for.

Have a great day everyone!

Only Two Days To Go

Only two days to go folks. This time Wednesday I'll be on a U.S. Air flight direct to Los Angeles, California. 

I have a couple of worries though until I get to that date.  Bill has a bad cold now.  I HOPE I don't get THAT.  That's all I need, to be coughing and sneezing and aching all over as I board the plane.  On second thought, if I'm that sick I won't board any plane.  I'll just have to forfeit my ticket price (I have the cheaper non-refundable tickets).  Hopefully I won't be faced with that choice.

My other worry is that we'll have an unexpected snowstorm up Philly way or even here, God forbid. No snow is forecast for here (which is southern Delaware) but one inch or more is forecast for Philly.  Monica, my co-worker is transporting me to the airpot in her all weather SUV and she is fearless.  We'll make it even if it does snow.


I'm feeling a little achy right now but I often feel like that at my age (there he goes with the "age" thing again). This morning I'm going to finish my "Making Things Easy for My Family" booklet JUST in case I don't make it back here at Casa Tipton-Kelly. This is something I've been putting off for months, but I better get with it now.

I had to show Bill how to text message again this morning.  I forget how many times I've shown him but he still keeps forgetting.  I don't know if it is his age (86) or he's just not wired to think cognitively that way.  I tell him "Even a three year old can text" (I'm helpful that way) but that doesn't seem to help him either.  Bill's going to pick me up at the airport (Monica isn't available on that date). I've shown him FaceTime but like some of my friends, he doesn't like to FaceTime. What's with that anyway?

The temperatures have dropped quite a bit here folks from yesterday's 68 degrees. It's 37 degrees here now and dropping to 16 degrees when I leave on Wednesday.  Oh how I am looking forward to the warm climes of the Golden State.  

I hope I'm not beating this trip of mine to death and boring you all but this is all that is on my mind now.  Once I'm out in California and settled down for the next ten days I'll be cool. I promise.