The Monster in my room

Today, the Gumption Goblins had their way with me..ohh yes they did. The invaded my world early and stayed on without notification of their visit.
(There are some visitors you just wish would never come) 

Exactly what are the Gumption Goblins?..well they are these little men that get in your head, have a party in your body and use any willpower you may have as footstools.

See, when I woke up this morning I had all the gumption in the world, daydreaming of all the things I would accomplish on this fine fall day!
Until my feet hit the floor. That's when the Gumption Goblins will attack see..as soon as your feet hit the floor. They hide under the bed..the little buggers.

I know you all remember the childhood fear of 'something grabbing your ankle as you step next to the bed. Seriously, how many of you did this in your youth.
Here goes.
It's bed time, which means, it's time to turn out the light.
Your light switch is on the other side of the room from the bed..and you just KNOW that as soon as you turn off that light and walk across the room a hand will come out from under the dark recesses of your bed and grab you, dragging you down to wherever it is that under the bed monsters hide.
You psych yourself up as best you can and prepare the room.  You arrange the bed, turning back the covers then make sure there is NOTHING on the floor that could possibly trip you up between the light switch and the bed.
Now..everything is set and you head to the light switch. Put your hand on the switch, and stretch yourself out as far as possible, so that you only have to take two huge leaping jump steps before that final leap onto the bed.  "CLICK" boom boom..jump and WHEW..you made it.
Hide quick! Under the covers you go, because you KNOW you can't leave any of your body outside of the covers...the blankets are a cloak of invisibility in disguise. They keep any monsters, ghosts or oogie things in the night from seeing you..or better yet, TOUCHING YOU!
They can't touch you under the covers you know! There you are...safe in your bed, all body parts under the covers..all is right with the world.

(sigh)

Was I close? Did you do this as a child?
I did. Every night of my life..oh yes I was very very aware of the 'under the bed monsters' in the dark, at night.

Somehow though..someone failed me in my youth. No one EVER told me about the monsters under the bed in the morning.
The Gumption Goblins.
They will strike when you least expect it. As soon as you put your feet on the floor in the morning they creep up and jump into your toes without you even being aware they are there. They become flat and invisible as soon as they touch you and by the time you make that first trek to the bathroom, they've soaked into your skin and started invading your bloodstream. All the day dreams you've just had about the magnificent accomplishments you intend to get done that day start disappearing. The Gumption Goblins start eating them from the feet up. It's breakfast for them.
You may actually get the first morning things accomplished before they finish their feast of your day dreams, but after that first accomplishment, the couch will become a welcome site for you....

You'll bemoan the fact that you have no 'energy'..no desire to do any of the things you dreamed about. It will just seem like far to much 'work' to get any of it started.

Oh the little devils...they will rob you of the day before you realize it. A nap will be in order and you'll think to yourself..I'll nap for an hour... and you'll sleep while the Goblins have a party, eating up all your gumption.

Oh yes, my friends, think not that I kid you about these little monsters. They will eat every bit of gumption you have..all your day dreams, all your 'wanna do goals'..all the accomplishments you wanted to produce that day..is fodder for the Goblins. It's like Thanksgiving for them. And they love it!

When you wake, 4 hours have gone by and all you have time to do is get dinner made....and even then, if there was a way to get out of that you would.

(sigh)

They won't disappear until the sun sets..and you crawl back into your bed for the night. Then, they will slink out of you like a silk scarf in a wind storm. Sliding from your feet and over the edge of the bed to retreat back into the darkness under the bed to sleep off their feast of the day. Like poison mercury they will roll into the darkness to wait. If you're too loud when you get up in the morning, they'll hear you and be on the ready waiting for your feet to hit the floor, once again.

Welcome to my world today. :)
It was not pretty..the goblins are still here.

The Crone of Under the bed Goblins

Sage