The Sleepless Night

This week went a lot smoother than the last few for Jessica and I. Although we seemed to be suffering from severe lack of sleep because this Friday night we were real cool and stayed home to watch a movie. Well, by about 8 o’clock we were both passed out on the furniture in our living room. We both agreed that it was very “senior citizenesk” of us.
I think what might have attributed to our tiredness was from the night before when the fire alarm at our apartment complex went off at three in the morning. Ironically enough when the fire alarm goes off here, no one takes it seriously. It is usually caused by some inebriated students who don’t know what they are doing. This alarm lasted for an entire hour. It lasted for at least twenty minutes continuously and then off and on for another forty. Once the alarm had continuously stopped ringing, we were hoping that that was the end of it, and we could go back to sleep. Unfortunately, we were wrong…dead wrong. As we both tried to fall back asleep the alarm would go off, but it would last for maybe a minute or even a few seconds. It was so loud that you could here it coming even before it started ringing in our room. Fortunately, by four someone had been able to fix the alarm system, but the damage had already been done. I think I can distinctly remember having a loud ringing noise in my dreams for the rest of the night.
Another dilemma that has come up in the apartment that is only natural this time of year is Halloween costume ideas. Now I take Halloween very seriously. My birthday is the day after Halloween so I like to go full throttle so that I can celebrate at midnight. This year I have come into a little dilemma because I have to top one of the most ingenious, at least in my opinion, costume ideas ever. Last year I dressed up like a Post-It. How you may ask? I wore yellow shirt, shorts and hat, wrote Memo on the back of my shorts and had a “To Do List” written on the front of my shirt. I brought a long with me sharpies and throughout the night all my friends wrote on me. It was fantastic! This year I am stuck between dressing up as graffiti, white shirt and just painting over it, or possibly a birthday suit. This would involve buying Happy Birthday napkins, plates, banner signs and hot gluing them onto a plain white t-shirt, as well as a Happy Birthday top hat. I love the idea, but I am still a bit skeptical on how it will all play out. Don’t worry though, I will make sure to keep you posted on what I come up with.