I had a restless night's sleep last night, and about 3 in the morning, I started hearing this strange noise. When you're lying there in the dark, every sound is magnified and unfamiliar, and I was trying to figure out what it was. It sounded a little bit like a worn bearing, and at first I thought that it was the new air purifier we bought. That figured, as it was one day beyond the warranty. But, the interval between sounds was two or three seconds, and that seemed far too long to be happening every revolution. Of course, there was no way to go back to sleep with that noise, so I tried to time it. I realized that there wasn't a regular interval between noises, and sometimes, the noise was very soft. Finally, I got up to try to track it down. When I did, I realized where the sound was coming from. We have three large shrubs outside our bedroom window, and birds build a nest in one of them every Spring. The next time I heard the sound, I realized that it was coming from outside our window, and I recognized it as a soft "cheep." The momma bird was having cheep dreams. I wondered if it was something she ate. I could almost hear her muttering, "I knew I shouldn't have had that last stink bug just before I went to nest!"

And it made me wonder.

If birds could order take-out pizza, I wonder what kind of toppings they'd order.

On second thought, I'm not sure I want to know.

And then I went back to sleep..

Jerry