hot and bothered
It was a restless night in the Hayes household. Hubby tossing and turning. Ruby wandering around. Fans running, covers kicked off. Didn't open a window as that lets in all the sneezy wheezy pollen that has been coating our lives lately. I'm a pretty light sleeper, and when Ruby opens and closes her bedroom door, I'm awake like a shot. Ruby has her favorite elephant named Doh that always goes to bed with her, but lately her collection has grown to include a soft bunny puppet and a pair of leopard-print, cat-eyed sunglasses (she's wearing them in a pic from last summer). A pretty random collection of cling-to thingies that she assembles when she needs a little extra support.
The first time, she woke up last night quietly mumbling about finding the elephant. Like a mantra she repeated over and over "doh doh doh doh doh". In the dark I patted around her bed and located the wayward pachyderm. Two hours later, "glasses glasses glasses glasses glasses", found those on the floor where i'd put them to prevent her from rolling on top of them. I put her back in bed and she then requested this little pillow that has her name on it. If you're keeping count, that's FOUR items that she had to have tucked in around her, not to mention the small stack of books she likes to have in her bed too.
So, like many a parent, i'm not very well rested today. Remember back in your 20s when you were half-assed at work from staying out late and drinkin' with cute boys (or at least trying to drink with cute boys).
Maybe it's just time to put the window unit air conditioners in for the year! ah! cool wafting air WITH lovely white noise thrown in! I LOVE the white noise. It drowns out the trains that wail past our neighborhood at 5:45 am. It bathes our rooms in swaddling, comfy, blissful sleepiness.
