Happy workweek-fifty, fellow serfs.
Were we not destined by our birth-caste to labor as we do, we might now be napping in an open field or floating in cool water. Yet, here we are; running the race, pulling the millstone along that footworn path.
The weekend, at least, however, held promise – as our alma mater pushed forward to SEC victory and now awaits the national championship game next month. So, that, in part, lifted my spirits. But with the return to work tomorrow, my mind will no doubt once again return to those ten days in Florida…
And, speaking of Florida, I’ve a funny story to relate now that it’s fresh on the mind.
While there staying with Sharaun’s folks, Keaton shared a bedroom with us, sleeping on a neat little “pop-up” cot thing on the floor. And, even though we worried she wouldn’t sleep well with us in the room (I snore, after all), it turned out to be no problem at all. In fact, I ended up liking it a lot – feeling somehow “closer” to her being able to sit up slightly and watch her sleep; having her climb into our bed occasionally (although I don’t think I’d like her having the option at will). Also, it was just a good feeling to have the whole “family” packaged together in a single living space… you know me and my pioneer fantasies… maybe I likened it to some imagined one-room homestead.
Also by virtue of our vacation cosleeping arrangements, we learned that Keaton suffers from more than just one of Daddy’s nighttime eccentricities. See, just like Dad, it seems she’s also taken to talking in her sleep. Yup, sure enough we heard her chattering away some dreamy nonsense almost every single night. Since I’m not a very light sleeper, I only managed to hear the loudest and clearest of these episodes, but Sharaun assured me she did it pretty regularly even when I didn’t catch it.
Of what I did hear though, the following exchange made me realize even more how much of her Dad’s daughter my little angel really is. Check it:
Mmmm… grrrmmphh… No… I need to cook the pizza rolls…
Errrmmm… sssss…. I need to cook the pizza rolls!!
Gaaaaahh… Hey… where are my pizza rolls?…. ffffmmmm….
Clear as a bell my little baby was talking out-lout during her dream of, what I assume, was pizza rolls. For those who know how beholden I am to the Godsend that is pizza rolls this should bring a smile. The sleep-funk, the sleep-babbling, and apparently a great taste in bad-for-you finger foods: all things the good Lord has allowed to pass from my to her. Poor girl.
No apologies for my rigor of writing this week, I’m gonna do what feels right and that’s what I’ll do. Goodnight, and I hope we get to do this again soon.
Also written on this day...
- without these anchors buoying - 2010
- dusted - 2009
- breaking ground - 2005
- dave's top 10, 2004 edition - 2004
- dudes flirt with dudes - 2003