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My husband sent me this picture – he snapped the other morning with his cell phone – of me, Thing Two and Mini-Me sleeping in triple-spooning fashion. And I think it illustrates how tight our family’s sleeping arrangements can be, perfectly.
No one goes to sleep (or gets up) in the same bed, twice.
My husband falls asleep on the couch and wakes up (either) in a funk (or) with the dog’s snout placed somewhere it ought not to be, naturally.
My three girls share a room and go to sleep in their respective beds, but almost always are doing the triple-spooning thing by daybreak.
Like this morning.
I didn’t take a picture because…well…I was just too ding-danged tired to find the camera and can’t freakin’ find my cell phone.
Yes, I tried calling it – but, I guess it needs to be charged…or something.
But, you know what?
It’s really, really hot and -Â I’m really, really tired – I forget things, sometimes.
Like, when you decide (on the spur of the moment) to take a romantic midnight swim - very late on a hot summer night – make sure the children are ASLEEP!
[floating]
“Ah, man…this feels sooooo…good!”Â
[practicing some underwater-spooning]
“Yeah…you should have been in here, earlier…the kids were farting and pretending they had a jacuzzi!”
GASP!
“EWWWWW…are you guys…NAKED!?!”
Talk about a shock – instant jacuzzi, man!
But, hey…the hubs and I work very hard…and we’re tired…so, a quick, relaxing dip is certainly worth the few hours they spend on some head-shrinker’s couch…yes? Â
I’m also tired of getting up in the middle of the night - due to my weak bladder that never fails to remind me that I have given birth…four times – and finding someone, somewhere, they ought not to be.
And as I carefully made my way to the bathroom, I noticed the light peeking from underneath the girls’ door and the faint sound of the television…again.
I slowly (and as quietly as possible) opened the door and saw Thing Two, sitting criss-cross-applesauce on Mini-Me’s bed, watching television and playing…cards!?!
“Got any fwees?”
[reaches for clicker]
“Nuh-uh…go fish!”
[click]
“If I tell you two…one more time…NOT to turn this television on in the middle of the night…I am going to take away your computer privileges, to!”
WHOOPS!
Did I mention that my son sleeps in his sister’s room….sometimes….and especially in the summer….on the floor in a sleeping bag and doesn’t….move….a….muscle….even when I accidentally kick him in the head?!?
CHA-CHING!
I can hear ’em now, “So, tell me about your mother.”
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14 responses to “Summer Vacation – A hot summer nights sleep, spooning and how I forget – Day 39”
Can you hear me breaking out in hives? I so cannot sleep with anyone touching me. I mean, I will be WIDE AWAKE if someone as much as touches me with their foot. I am kind of jealous!
Can you hear me breaking out in hives? I so cannot sleep with anyone touching me. I mean, I will be WIDE AWAKE if someone as much as touches me with their foot. I am kind of jealous!
I find it comforting when I read about other people’s sleep issues. It makes me feel like less of a freak! I don’t think there are any people left in the world who have a “normal” sleeping pattern anymore.
I find it comforting when I read about other people’s sleep issues. It makes me feel like less of a freak! I don’t think there are any people left in the world who have a “normal” sleeping pattern anymore.
We have ample room and space, however, my daughter is apparently the world’s worst sleeper, and can never end up in her bed by morning.
We have ample room and space, however, my daughter is apparently the world’s worst sleeper, and can never end up in her bed by morning.
I’ll spoon till I’ll ready to really fall asleep, then GET AWAY FROM ME!
And I always love more ammo for my refusal to allow tv’s (or phones or computers) in kids’ bedrooms, so thanks! 😉
I’ll spoon till I’ll ready to really fall asleep, then GET AWAY FROM ME!
And I always love more ammo for my refusal to allow tv’s (or phones or computers) in kids’ bedrooms, so thanks! 😉
I sleep with pillows surrounding me…..I like my space!! Well, there are times when I don’t mind spooning…you know what I mean! 😉
Naked swimming, huh? You do have a privacy fence, right? LOL
Sounds like a funtime at your house! Just wait till they are driving and you wait up for them to come home at midnight (curfew during the week)….and then they stay on their laptops till 2 in the morning (can hear her music playing even though her room is down the freaky hall!!)….then the fun is just beginning! Can you tell I have an 18 year old? UGH!
I sleep with pillows surrounding me…..I like my space!! Well, there are times when I don’t mind spooning…you know what I mean! 😉
Naked swimming, huh? You do have a privacy fence, right? LOL
Sounds like a funtime at your house! Just wait till they are driving and you wait up for them to come home at midnight (curfew during the week)….and then they stay on their laptops till 2 in the morning (can hear her music playing even though her room is down the freaky hall!!)….then the fun is just beginning! Can you tell I have an 18 year old? UGH!
LOL. Naked. Josh and I discovered in about May that if you want to get frisky in your own back yard:
A) Don’t do it on a night when the moon is full.
B) Wait until after midnight. People take out their trash, drive around and get things out of their cars still at 10:00. Duh.
C) Keep laughter to a minimum.
LOL. Naked. Josh and I discovered in about May that if you want to get frisky in your own back yard:
A) Don’t do it on a night when the moon is full.
B) Wait until after midnight. People take out their trash, drive around and get things out of their cars still at 10:00. Duh.
C) Keep laughter to a minimum.
I am so glad my family is not the only one with mobile sleep patterns…there are times I wake up & wonder “where the heck am I” b/c inevitably someone wakes in the night & me -being the “light” sleeping adult- goes to comfort & ends up falling back asleep in someone else’s bed…at least once a night. And if it’s not me going, it’s one of them coming to me & crawling in “daddy’s” bed (b/c it’s not mine? b/c I don’t sleep there? b/c mom doesn’t have her own bed b/c she’s ususally sleeping somewhere else? aaaaargh!) I have been sleep deprived for so long I can’t even remember when I last had a solid night’s sleep!
I am so glad my family is not the only one with mobile sleep patterns…there are times I wake up & wonder “where the heck am I” b/c inevitably someone wakes in the night & me -being the “light” sleeping adult- goes to comfort & ends up falling back asleep in someone else’s bed…at least once a night. And if it’s not me going, it’s one of them coming to me & crawling in “daddy’s” bed (b/c it’s not mine? b/c I don’t sleep there? b/c mom doesn’t have her own bed b/c she’s ususally sleeping somewhere else? aaaaargh!) I have been sleep deprived for so long I can’t even remember when I last had a solid night’s sleep!