living after midnight

drifting off to dream land, your body may be resting but your mind begins to form its own circus of outlandish and silly acrobatics for the next 6-8 hours (if you're lucky enough to get that much down time).  just as you and jensen ackles or some other hunky man takes your hand and looks deeply and longingly into your eyes, your heart swells----your dang cell phone goes off with a text message!  ugh!

now, because i am always ready for the "middle of the night emergency" i will 99.99% check my phone when my phone rings or a text comes through at this hour of twilight. you never know when someone needs you to pick them up because their designated driver decided he was cool to take you home after a 12 pack and other various sundries.

who else would be awake after midnight and sending texts? oh yeah, that guy or girl  you once met either online, at the bar or dog park and they've had enough liquid courage and lack of cell phone supervision and that now that its 2:00am its definitely time to strike up a conversation.  as reciever and yes, on occasion, the sender of texts i can tell you, its really not an excellent idea. why do you say? its not because i'm too prim and proper for my own good but for a few reasons:

1. you get a text that late from a random person you can only identify as "blonde guy from bar"?
    its a booty call and as we know, relationships built off of the physical first rarely ever turn
    into happily ever after.
2. most of the time, the message doesn't make sense or is unreadable, even to the sender when 
    reviewing their handiwork the next morning over strong coffee and scrambled eggs
3. if you reply, kiss the rest of your evening trying to get any sleep goodbye
4. if you reply the first or even the second time, it sends a message to the sender that its ok with you 
    that they contact you into the wee early morning hours about french toast and the lingerie
    you're wearing.  yeah, those are real examples and yes they will continue to text at that hour. 
5. as sender of these texts its quite possible your perception is a little off and bad reactions might lead
    to a potential texting fight and/or further liquid courage to do something more idiotic. how many of 
    have had a break up at 3:00am because of this??

respond at your own risk but know that after reading this, you are fully aware that there is a narrow field of desire that the sender is looking to get out of you and its not to ask you what paint color to choose for their next bathroom upgrade.  another suggestion, if you have this habit and want to cease you've got an option of either giving your phone to a friend to keep you from texting or turning it off altogether. silence is golden between 2:00-5:00am...now, back to jensen!