Sleep is the cousin of death

Other than waking up a little before the alarm (and going upstairs to sleep), I slept like the dead last night. Looking at the last couple nights now, it seems like I was fighting off some sort of illness. Headache, stuffy nose. Nothing serious, but annoying nonetheless. So I can't credit the Mirapex I've been taking. What I can credit it for, however, is the damn lump in my throat as I type this. I was hoping that would go away after I got used to the dose. In any event, I'll need to be 100 percent (which I'm sure I will be) by this weekend. We're going to Alaska, and I can't imagine I'll get much sleep with it being light out all night. Then again, I can't imagine needing much sleep, and for the same reason. I can't wait.
Here's a big old Douglas fir and a spritely new tiger lily.