Screaming In the Night
Oy!
Do you have any idea what it does to your R.E.M. cycle to have a blood-curdling shreek issued out in the dead of the night while the whole house is sleeping?
I do.
It sucks.
Sooooo tired.
Here I am at about 4:30 am doing what any sane person would be doing in the middle of the night, sleeping. All cosied up in my comfy bed. Cuddled up next to hubby. Having some weird dream that was not altogether unpleasant and....
HOLY EFFIN GOD!
A shreek of
"MOOOOOMMMMYYYYY!! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" jerks me awake.
I literally leap out of the bed and sprint toward the sound of the noise, with a still sleep-clogged brain, calling his name. Right?
All's well and good, mommy is on the way. You see, by this point I have recognised the cry and know, in that mommy-way, that it is not an injury cry. This is a "I got the bejesus scared out of me" cry.
Ok, so don the comforting mommy voice. By this time I am in my living room, stark naked, calling for my son.
Then it hits me.....I am in my living room, stark naked, AND my 16 year old cousin is sleeping on my couch.
Well, he WAS sleeping on the couch.
Now, luckily he is looking in the direction of the caterwalling and not at his admittedly gorgeous, but totally naked, and therefore completely inappropriate cousin. Yeah.
So, I go into HOLY SHIT mode and dart back to my room, doing the peeking-around-the-door-jamb-with-just-my-little-head-poking-out thing 'til the runt comes in my room.
Lead him to the bed. Get in the covers myself then, talk to the little booger and calm him down.
Now, I am fully awake, along with everyone else in the house but light would still hurt and I have to walk little man back to his room. Yeah, not doing that in my birthday suit, thanks.
So now I am on a mission to find a dark colored robe---in the dark.
Two stubbed toes later I am in my son's room advising him to sleep and snatching the XBOX out of his room. Which, by the way, is the thing that gave him the random willies 'cause ya know he had been playing it all day and killing aliens.
Seriouly need to have my blood pressure checked....GOOD GOD!
Do you have any idea what it does to your R.E.M. cycle to have a blood-curdling shreek issued out in the dead of the night while the whole house is sleeping?
I do.
It sucks.
Sooooo tired.
Here I am at about 4:30 am doing what any sane person would be doing in the middle of the night, sleeping. All cosied up in my comfy bed. Cuddled up next to hubby. Having some weird dream that was not altogether unpleasant and....
HOLY EFFIN GOD!
A shreek of
"MOOOOOMMMMYYYYY!! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" jerks me awake.I literally leap out of the bed and sprint toward the sound of the noise, with a still sleep-clogged brain, calling his name. Right?
All's well and good, mommy is on the way. You see, by this point I have recognised the cry and know, in that mommy-way, that it is not an injury cry. This is a "I got the bejesus scared out of me" cry.
Ok, so don the comforting mommy voice. By this time I am in my living room, stark naked, calling for my son.
Then it hits me.....I am in my living room, stark naked, AND my 16 year old cousin is sleeping on my couch.
Well, he WAS sleeping on the couch.
Now, luckily he is looking in the direction of the caterwalling and not at his admittedly gorgeous, but totally naked, and therefore completely inappropriate cousin. Yeah.
So, I go into HOLY SHIT mode and dart back to my room, doing the peeking-around-the-door-jamb-with-just-my-little-head-poking-out thing 'til the runt comes in my room.
Lead him to the bed. Get in the covers myself then, talk to the little booger and calm him down.
Now, I am fully awake, along with everyone else in the house but light would still hurt and I have to walk little man back to his room. Yeah, not doing that in my birthday suit, thanks.
So now I am on a mission to find a dark colored robe---in the dark.
Two stubbed toes later I am in my son's room advising him to sleep and snatching the XBOX out of his room. Which, by the way, is the thing that gave him the random willies 'cause ya know he had been playing it all day and killing aliens.
Seriouly need to have my blood pressure checked....GOOD GOD!
