Another 'Steel Magnolia' Moment

Ok, a little background here because you know I can't tell a short story.  I love the movie "Steel Magnolias".  It really does show the strength of women and Southern women in particular.  Remember a couple of weeks ago that I identified myself with Weezer?  Well now I feel a little like Drum.  Three or four houses down from me is a family who has a dog who stays in an outside pen.  That dog barks a lot.  I never notice that dog!  I realize that he is barking but it is just kinda background noise and has never bothered me.  On the other hand, my sister-in-law and brother have remarked several times when they have slept in my bedroom that the dog kept them awake.  Has never bothered me!  I live on the main road through town and there is a tremendous amount of traffic and I never really notice except for the occasionally siren.  And typically when I go to sleep nothing bothers me.  I talk to people sometime who comment on how bad a storm was at night and I am like, "we had a storm?"  When I am not suffering from menopausal insomnia I sleep really, really sound.  Now with all that being said let me tell you what has been waking me up and keeping me awake.  A flippin' bird!!!!!  After day 2 of prednisone induced insomnia I had just gone to sleep and outside my bedroom window a bird starts to sing!  Not the soothing chirp, chirp, tweet, tweet songbird, oh no!  This bird makes a damn different racket.  It is not an owl or a whip-or-will.  Its sound is not quite a squawk.  I am not sure what the hell it is other than noise!  Finally go back to sleep only to repeat the same thing the next night.   Wasn't at home the next night but then the next when I get home from a sale and go to bed at 2:00 a.m. and am bone weary guess what is singing it's nightly song?  Oh yes!  Groaned, cussed and pulled the cover over my head and finally went to sleep.  Flippin' bird is driving me insane!  I realize that is a fairly short trip but really?  A bird?  I am having visions of going into the yard in my night clothes shooting into the trees!    Got home from work this afternoon and what do I hear?  Yep, my bird.  I am gazing around in the yard looking into the trees and finally saw it.  It is a cardinal.  It was almost as if that stinkin' bird was sitting in that tree watching me and mocking me!!!!  I now have visions of a firecracker laced arrow being shot into the trees!  (You have to know the movie)  Sent a text to a friend to tell him I figured out what kind of bird it is with a message saying that I handle things about as well as anybody I know but this bird is just really messing with me!  Of all the stupid things to loose sleep over I have a beautiful red cardinal who has their days and nights mixed up that does not realize how important the words "bird sanctuary" are to his well being at this time.  If I were not in the city limits only 4 houses down from the courthouse it would be another movie.  "Annie, Get Your Gun."  Have a great night and no doubt this will be continued.