Midnight voices

Did you hear about Rudy Giulliani? His plane had just left St. Louis MO when he suddenly felt sick. They turned the plane around and he spent the night in a St. Louis hospital with what are described as "flu-like symptoms." He's fine.
Wish I could say I felt like I was now in good company.

I rode the bicycle today. December 20 and I went for a bike ride, wearing my riding shorts and a jersey!
OK, mentioning that was a bit mean. Sorry.

Got the garbage disposal installed at a rental. Tomorrow I'll work on our neighbor's house doing some repairs so she can list in next month. Little stuff that will be easy to do and leave me some time later in the day for studying and writing.

Pam has either the beginnings of a cold or some allergy problems. She went to be before I did, and by the time I got there she was snoring up a storm! Unusual for her, but when she decides it's her turn, she can keep the neighbors awake! She'll snore for awhile and then quit. Will she start back up?
I laid there listening for as long as I could. And thinking about the noise.

With apologies to Helen Reddy...
to the tune of "I Am Woman":

I am wife, hear me snore
At volumes too loud to ignore
And I'll let you guess if it will ever end.
'Cause you've heard me snore before
And I'll prob'ly snore some more
So you'd best go get your sleep out in the den.

CHORUS
Oh, yes I am loud
And the sound keeps you awake
Yes, I could quit soon
That's the chance you'll have to take
Or if you want to, you can sleep elsewhere.
I am loud
I am obnoxious
I am snoring!

You can nudge but never wake me
And it only serves to make me
Quickly start back up in making all that noise
For I start up even stronger
And I keep it going longer
'cause you're the only one that it annoys.

CHORUS 2x

I realize some of you may not know who Helen Reddy is, or know the tune to "I Am Woman." So for you...

The wife's in bed, lettin' go da snore
I tried to get to sleep
Couldn't take it no mo'
Went in to da guest room,
Crawled into dat bed
Couldn't get da snorin' sound
Outta my head
My head's on da pillow
But I'm wide awake
While she's sleepin' soundly
What sense does dat make?!
But da raucous sound comin' outta da wife
Is an audible reminder dat I gotta a good life.
'cause if da Lord took her and she weren't around
I'd give a hundred nights just to hear dat sound.

I was going to post a new pic of the amaryllis but frankly, it looks kinda...well, you know. But it's up to 9" tall. A week ago it was 5". That's an average of 1/2" per day. I'm thinking about starting a pool. Total eventual height and date the blossom opens. But I can't come up with an appropriate prize for the winner(s).
I'll probably have time to think about that in the middle of the night while one of us is sleeping.