Recovering from surgery and raising a child do not go well together. Stormy comes into my room at some point during the night and promptly…
It’s the last day of school before the Easter break and Stormy is excited to go to school. She jumps out of bed and is dressed in record time. Although to think about it, the fact that her TV ban just expired may also have something to do with it. For the next 30 minutes she’s cuddled up on the sofa watching…
After the epic astronomy movie night last night, Stormy and I both sleep in. As I’m coming awake, I roll over to check the time. Slowly the synapses in my brain connect the time with the plan for today. As that connection is made there is a rapid realisation that we’re nearly late and I am suddenly very awake. I…
I get up early in order to head out to the gym. I carefully navigate the minefield of plushies and soft toys that Stormy has mined the bedroom floor with while she was meant to be sleeping last night. I manage to escape without tripping over, or worse, waking her.
It takes an inordinately long time to coerce Stormy out of bed. This is in complete contrast to last night. Suddenly she has decided that bed is not boring. To be fair, I discover that every morning as well. I think the only difference between being an adult and being a child is the ability to, through sheer force…
I have found the downside to having Stormy go to bed on time. At about 6am this morning, she wakes to discover that I am not in my bed. At this point she freaks out and starts weeping because she can’t find me. I come back, tell her it’s too early, and convince her to go back to bed. This lasts until about 6:30…
There’s a moment, just before Stormy wakes up, when all I see is the precious little girl who needs my love, care and protection. Then she wakes up.
This morning is particularly bad. Not at first. At first she eats her breakfast and puts on her clothes like always. We’re about 5 minutes…
I arrive home at 6am. Stormy is still in bed. And by bed, I mean sleeping on the floor. I sneak in, give her a little kiss and place the present I got her from India beside her for when she wakes. It doesn’t take long. I’m having my post-flight shower when she flings open the bathroom door in excitement. She’s…
Epic day was epic.
I wake up to Stormy deciding that it is time to wake up. I have no choice in the matter and drag myself out of bed. Stormy decides that she just wants to watch TV. I feel cheated. I put the TV on while I prepare her breakfast. At this point I may have fallen back asleep…
Amazingly, Stormy is awake right on 7am this morning. She runs straight into her Abbi’s room — who is luckily already awake. I tell Stormy that she needs to be more considerate of guests. She’s makes it clear that she considers them fair game.