Stan woke up sniffing the air. It wasn’t a bad smell. It was an unexpected one. He saw flickering lights on the wall. He looked at the clock and saw is was 4:30 in the morning. As he became fully awake he could see it was candles, lots of candles. He looked over at his wife, Gloria, and saw her in a sexy negligee. Well, he thought, romance at 4:30. What a great way to start the day!

“Go back to sleep, Stan, It’s only 4:30”, she told him in response to his move.

“I thought- well, there’s candles lit, you’re wearing a negligee and perfume. Naturally-”.

“Stan, the power went off. Muffy woke me up licking my face. She wanted to let me know she was going to go hide under the bed because the sirens were going off, which didn’t wake you”, Gloria told Stan.

“But, the candles-”

“So I could see my watch. I didn’t want you to be late for work in case the power went off again”.

“The perfume-”

“Scented candles. That’s all”.

“Yea, babe, what about that sexy negligee?”

“Stan, I always wear one of these. It’s nothing new. Go back to sleep”.

“Well, since we’re both awake-”

“Stan, it’s 4:30 in the morning. I definitely am not in the mood. Go back to sleep”.

“Uh, okay”.

“Stan, sweet dreams, honey”.

Yea, sweet dreams.