I loathe when the clocks change. It messes with my routine. I used to like "fall back." But once you have kids, it is just a pain. The clocks changed a week ago. The boys internal clocks have not. This morning I was greeted with little shuffling feet at 5:30. This meant that I had a scant 6 hours of sleep. For some that would be plenty. But I love sleep, crave sleep, need sleep and 6 hours wasn't going to cut it. Once the boys are up, even if they crawl back in bed with me and eventually fall asleep, I am awake. If I get too awake, going back to sleep never works.
So my sweetP came in at 5:30, laid down until 6. Then started clearing his throat, over and over again. Ducky had long since gone to work. So I sent him in to get a drink. Then he went down stairs. But he came back, eating.
Me, "Honey, what are you eating?"
SweetP, "Bologna."
Me, "Okay."
Hey it doesn't leave crumbs in bed, but bologna at six in the morning. Ugh. I was just too tired to care. So the sweetP goes back to sleep about 6:30. Just in time for another set of shuffling footsteps to come in. SweetE has it down. I lift the covers and he scoots right in. And then plays with my hair. And drops it in my face. And that drives me nuts. It tickles.
I love that I still get to cuddle with them in the morning. I know they won't be that little for too much longer. But 5:30 does me in for the whole day. I had them trained almost perfectly and then "fall back." I vote we abolish time changes. Then I'll train the boys not to come in before 6:30 again. And then life will be perfect again.
3 comments:
Enjoy the snuggle while you can - I can barely get a hug and kiss goodnight out of my teenagers. I really miss all that wonderful physical time you get with them when they are little. When we watch home movies, or see pictures, of when they were young I often say that I wish I could just grab them up out of the film and give them the kind of smothering hug I used to.
If it isn't too much trouble, do you think you could post the pink salad recipe, or I could give you my e-mail to send it to.
do so remember how fragile the scheduling was when the kids were young. Would take me about 10 days to retrain them. My younger boy just rang me to say he is getting married next year. Enjoy it while you can (although I would have to say that having adult kids is just great, so you have that to look forward to!).
This is a really hard time change. I don't feel like I've been on balance since we changed the clocks.
I'm with you. Let's just get rid of them.
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