"Hey, Bert"

I have a terrible habit. Usually at night as soon as my head hits the pillow I'm already fast asleep, but on those rare occasions when I toss and turn for more than a minute, I pull a "Hey, Bert." You know what I mean. We've all seen those Bert and Ernie sketches where Ernie can't sleep so he wakes up Bert.

"Hey Bert, you asleep? You asleep, Bert?"

Eventually, Ernie wakes up Bert to tell him something insignificant and then they break into song and dance. In then end, Ernie rolls over and begins to snore while Bert remains wide awake.

I'm bad, I know. But there is just something about Ammon's voice that quickly lulls me to sleep(sorry, hon!--this is meant in the best possible way). I'm not quite sure why I do this. Maybe it's that I get frustrated when it takes more than a millisecond for me to fall asleep. Perhaps, I'm afraid of the dark and those little squeaks and taps our house makes. But most likely, it's because just laying there with my thoughts frightens me. Thoughts that tell me that I'm not smart enough, not thin enough, not ANYTHING enough!

But whatever the reason, I've found a solution and I call it my "Hey, Bert."