We went camping to a beautiful spot near Mt Hood called Lost Lake. Georgous, simply breathtaking. 30 miles or so from any towns, totally isolated, crystal clear water... I was ready to give it all up and become a hermit, forage for huckleberries and live in an old log. We settled into our tent for the night and I found that I was more comfortable on the hard ground than ever before! The air--so fresh! The stars--so bright! At first I felt wide awake from all the excitement of the day, but then...my lids got heavy and I found myself so ready to slumber at a shocking 9:00pm.
And then it began. Lev woke up to nurse, thrashing around to find me through the sweaters and sleepingbags, about every two hours. Maybe more frequently (I should have been charting it by the movement of the stars I suppose). And everytime I woke up, I marvelled at how well I had been sleeping, how deeply I was resting, how comfortable I was in our little tent. (Ususally, I sleep like hell in the great outdoors...) The night was long, made even longer by our early to bed routine. When the sun finally rose, I felt Jared move around in a well-rested outdoorsman seize-the-day type way; I tossed Lev to him with a snarl and fell back to sleep.
I woke up a few hours later and announced to Jared that I was through! "I'm through!", I said. "I am no longer a night nurse! I've had it!" Jared basically knows every reggae song ever written, and began singing a Greggory Issac song entitled "Night Nurse". I felt outraged. He began singing the lyrics to me: "Night nurse Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst. " I saw red. "I said, I"m through!" I said. And, struggling with the zipper on the tent door, I managed to make as impressive an exit as I could.
I feel it appropriate to post the lyrics to this song here. This is basically my life. Minus the broken heart stuff. I've bolded the lines that speak to my experience the most...
Tell her try her best just to make it quick
Woman tend to the sick
'Cause there must be something she can do
This heart is broken in two
Tell her it's a case of emergency
There's a patient by the name of Gregory
Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst
My night nurse, oh gosh
Oh the pain is getting worse
I don't wanna see no doc
I need attendance from my nurse around the clock
'Cause there's no prescription for me
She's the one, the only remedy
Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst
My night nurse
Oh the pain is getting worse
I hurt my love
And I'm sure
No doctor can cure
Night nurse
Night nurse
Lev continues to have very wakeful sleep...G-d, make this phase end soon!!
