Silly Site o' the Day

Well, that was a hell of a best-laid-plan gang agley. I went to bed last evening around 10 or so as usual, and was woken at midnight by extremely loud voices belonging to the basement dwellers of the house where we rent the upper floor. Our bedroom is two floors directly above their living room, and apparently it was someone's birthday, and they decided to celebrate for the next two hours. Granted, not a "school night," but I had major driving plans today, and forcibly being awake for 2+ hours in the wee smalls was not among my plans. I think I finally drifted off again around 3:30-4, woke up briefly at 7 then again at 8:30, and decided to chance the drive to Mom's to celebrate her birthday a couple days late. The visit and the drive went well, despite rain in the forecast (the worst of it was when we came out of the supermarket and drove back to her house to drop off her groceries, but by the time we were back on the Garden State Parkway the deluge had disappeared), and we don't have to shop tomorrow which is good because my system is still pretty screwed up. I'm both bone-weary and wide awake at the same time, very uncomfortable in my skin, and reluctant to shower because I don't quite trust my balance when I'm this way. I think I'll call it a night and dream of sandwich monsters.