Night Time

I woke up at about 5:30 because I was stifling hot, and because Grandma was doing something noisy. She hadn't been to bed yet. She didn't see me.

Because she broke the wine bottle, she'd said she was going to drink Pepsi. I said not to, she did anyway, so she didn't sleep. I went back to bed.

I woke up at about 8:00 and there was a note under my door:

"Libby, I never went to sleep! Alcohol didn't help! I think I'll drown myself. I love you!"

I went looking for Grandma and she was in the kitchen, confused by the coffee maker. I asked her how she slept. "Fine!" she said. I remade the pot of coffee that was full of grounds.

I turned on the air. The heat was on 85. Oy.