Benefits of Base Living

Last night I put the kids to bed at 7 p.m. as usual. Since they have been exhausted since school started, I laid down on my bed for a moment to listen and make sure they had gone to sleep.

And I fell asleep myself.

I didn't wake up until 7 o'clock this morning.

That's twelve hours of sleep. Twelve hours! What adult needs twelve hours of sleep?

Well, apparently I do. I am completely amazed that I could sleep so soundly knowing everything that I was missing last night. I didn't pay the bills like I always do on the fifteenth of the month. I didn't eat dinner. I didn't feed the dog. I didn't turn the lights off downstairs. I didn't even set my three alarm clocks.

It's a good thing the base plays reveille over the loudspeaker every morning or I would still be asleep.