OK, JEAN, I'M HERE! NOW WHAT? JUST KIDDING. I FEEL 100% BETTER KNOWING I CAN NOW BLOG IN ADDITION TO WALKING AND DRIVING.

I WILL EXPLAIN WHY I'M HERE AT 12:50AM. WE ALL KNOW HOW "FATIGUE" IS ONE OF THE "BENEFITS" OF A STROKE. NOT TO MENTION "INSOMNIA". WELL YESTERDAY I DECIDED TO TRY AND STAY AWAKE ALL DAY SO I COULD POSSIBLY SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT, INSTEAD OF WAKING UP AT 2AM FOR AN HOUR OR SO LIKE I DO EVERY MORNING. I DID DOZE OFF AT 3PM, BUT MY DAUGHTER PHONED AT 3:02, ENDING MY NAP. AT 10:30 PM, I FELL ASLEEP EXHAUSTED, READING A JAMES PATTERSON NOVEL. LOVE HIS BOOKS. EASY READING.

ANYHOW AT 12:30AM, THE ALARM CLOCK WENT OFF. I HAD TO SWITCH SIDES OF THE BED WHEN I FIRST CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, SO THE ALARM IS NOW ON MY WIFE'S SIDE. SHE HIT THE SNOOZE ALARM AND THE ALARM WENT OFF AGAIN AT 12:35. YOU SEE IN HER WIPING OFF THE CLOCK DURING REGULAR CLEANING, SHE SOMEHOW SET THE ALARM. SO HERE I AM.

INDIANA IS A DEATH PENALTY STATE SO MURDER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. WHEN I FINISH BLOGGING, I MIGHT JUST MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AND WAKE HER UP. HOPEFULLY I CAN NOW SLEEP THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

OK, NOW I'VE BLOGGED. IF YOU BOTHERED TO READ THIS, GOD BLESS YOU. IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO HEAR MY TALE OF WOE, YOUR A SPECIAL PERSON. AS I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, WE SURVIVORS ALONG WITH OUR CAREGIVERS OWN A SPECIAL PART OF LIFE ONLY WE CAN APPRECIATE. ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE.

GOOOD NIGHT,

MARTY