sleepless in kankakee

Carl, did you try testing your spell casting powers? I swear I am having the same night you blogged about. Awake every hour; dreams waking me with my heart racing (mine featured snarling huge dogs coming after me). I finally gave in and, like a homing pigeon went straight to my beloved Dell.
Have I told you about my Dell? She is always there for me. She allows me to shop for anything anytime (this E shopping borders on the obsessive behavior my PD doc warned me about but I restrain myself). She connects me to friends and family all over the country. She educates me . She makes up for my unreadable handwriting. She feeds my mind numbing solitaire habit. She allows me to have conversations with authors and columnists who respond to my mail immediately (amazing). She indulges my fetish for listmaking. She encourages my feeble attempts at writing poetry. She saves me hundreds of telephone calls when I am responsible for notifying people of a meeting. She pays my bills! AND she is wide awake at 3 am! What a friend. I cannot remember life bc (before computer).

PS... For those who might be interested, I put aside the cane yesterday and once again am walking unassisted. The knee seems to be improving every day. Can't wait until I can really walk off calories.