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The problem with insomnia is that if you go days and weeks without normal sleep you become accustomed to it. I have always been a night person. I prefer to sleep during the day than at night. My internal clock is not set correctly.

Lately, it has become a problem, I cannot sleep. Thank God that I have loved ones and friends that join me in my vampirisms, those unending sleepless nights. They spend time with me and talk to me online at indecent hours. These past weeks have been really bad. Sometimes, to remedy this, I stay awake for a whole 24 hours, so the next day I will be so tired that I crash. So, if you see me more disheveled by the day, now, you know why. It is worrisome in the sense that I get sleepy while driving… I do worry about having an accident. But I try to stay awake blasting out tunes and turning up the AC so that the cold air hits my face and keeps me awake.

I get by on coffee and caffeinated drinks to keep me somewhat alert. Lately, my daily dosage of coffee has been thwarted because the coffee machine on campus has been out of order. I had bought some OTCs, but they don’t work for me. I don’t like taking any medication, I am not much of a pill taker, I never have been. On weekends, I try when I can to sleep until late to recuperate what I have lost. It works… Mondays I look more alive than usual.

Sometimes when I wake up from a sleep deprived night I look at the mirror and see myself hideous. I say to myself: “You look terrible,” but I go on… and shower, and get dressed, and try to cover up my dark circles.

Valentine’s Day is here! A special day in which we cherish those that we love, romantically and otherwise. Take this day to say I love you to your sweetheart, your family, your friends… and be reminded that we are really not alone. Take this time to celebrate what you have and say thanks to those who have loved you and appreciated your existence on this earth. It is not about cards and chocolates [even if candy makes me happy ] , it is about spreading love and creating lasting meaningful relationships. To my sweetheart, family, and friends:

♥ I love you very much! ♥ XOXO

I am now a proclaimed city girl… I admit it. I can honestly say that living en las guindas (hillsides) de Guaynabo has its drawbacks: mainly creepy animals.

I spend sleepless nights listening to weird birds singing like they are calling out my name… or I freak out because all the dogs in the neighborhood are barking up a storm… either at strays that pass by or maybe it’s at some creepy dude hiding out in the woods? Hmmmm… Yikes! I screamed when what I thought was a flying spider was attacking me… turns out it was some sort of long-legged mosquito… I scream when little lizards or coquies jump out at me… I try to avoid stepping into the centipedes that come in after it rains. What can I say, I AM a scary cat!

The ultimate in When Animals Attack Brenda… Two nights ago, I got a mouse in the house!!! OMG! I was sooooo scared. It apparently got in when I left the door open as I was taking stuff out of my car. Chela was barking up a storm and I thought it was ’cause she is kind o’crazy, but she was barking at the mouse that was running into my house!

When I first saw the mouse, I screamed like a little girl… as it was scurrying toward my hallway’s open closet.  I quickly barricaded the area so it wouldn’t get out… I thought I was safe, for now… I closed all the doors of the rooms, just in case… close out the perimeter, right?… Well… later that night, when I came out of my room… I heard something struggling inside an empty Macy’s shopping bag I had in the kitchen… apparently the mouse jumped over my Great Wall of China barricade, then jumped up a little kitchen cart I have, and then somersaulted into the red and white-star shopping bag and was caught! Yay for me!!! As it kept struggling, I started getting closer and closer to see if I could catch it inside the bag and trap it… but then, as I was trying to look inside the bag… IT JUMPED OUT AT ME!!!

EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk!!!  MIGHTY MOUSE!!!

I didn’t run…. I S-P-R-I-N-T-E-D to my room and locked the door!!! Safe!!! (for the moment).  Thank God I had a broom in my room, so every time I came out I was with weapon in hand. I never heard from him again…

Since then, I went to the store to get ammunitions and as you might have guessed… the mouse is with the little mouse angels now. I still left some traps out just in case another mouse wants to pay me a little visit. I am still getting used to living in las guindas… Next time, I am going to borrow my neighbor’s cat!