Eyes Wide Shut

It has taken me two full days to recover from the other night. So, this is the post I should of posted yesterday, but I had to wait until today because my Eyes were "Wide Shut"; or that's how they felt at least. Two nights ago, it all started at 1:00 AM as I was sleeping downstairs on our futon couch. At the foot of the couch was a palate where Londyn was sound asleep. I was peacefully SLEEPING and enjoying every minute of my beauty rest knowing in a few hours Londyn would start stirring and sucking on her fists for her next feeding. Suddenly, I was awoken by rolling thunder and howling winds. This is when the nightmare began. Well it wasn't really a nightmare, just an interruption of the rest I so cherish with every breath. The storm that blew in is not what has distressed me so, it is what lies just beyond our living room out under the covered back porch. Her name is Blue! She is our 18 year old Blue Heel er. She is TERRIFIED of THUNDER STORMS. She can sense a storm coming EVEN before the winds start to pick up, the dark clouds roll in & the rain starts to pour. Her heart rate increases, she starts panting profusely and she paces back-n-forth. Not so bad huh? Just wait!!! Then the BARKING BEGINS and it DOES NOT END for three hours. Since I'm such a light sleeper, I was not able to fall back to sleep amidst all the adverse sounds. So I just laid there for about an hour trying to coax myself into falling back-to-sleep by trying to "Close My Eyes To" all the BARKING. I even got up several times to tell her to hush and gave her a few "soft" swats but she would not stop BARKING. I then made my way upstairs to wake Craig up thinking he could "YELL" at her and tell her to hush in his stern, deep, commanding voice; because she ALWAYS listens to him RIGHT? Well, I tried & tried & tried & tried to wake him up. Since opposites attract and being the sound sleeper he is once he hits the sac, he would not wake up! I then decided to try plan "B". So I scurried through the bedrooms drastically and frantically looking for the receiver to Londyn's baby monitor. Finally, I found it. Since Londyn was able to sleep during all the horrendous barking, I set up the baby monitor right next to her and I made my way upstairs to Alexis's bedroom to sleep in her bed (the bed she has not slept in in EVER). Finally, for one second, I thought I could get some sleep and wake up in a few hours when Londyn starts to stir. Nope, the nightmare did not end, it continued & continued & continued as I laid in bed listening to every bark (one right after the other) being broad casted over Londyn's baby monitor receiver. It continued for 3 hours until the storm passed; then Londyn began to stir. So I tiredly made my way down stairs to feed her. (I Was So Tired) I can remember several times nodding off and then with a jerk of my head telling myself to wake up. My eyes were so heavily burdened that even though I was awake My Eyes Were Wide Shut.