Dreaming of Sleep

I remember a checkout lady’s comment on sleeping baby Callum;

“ahhh, you spend the first half of their life trying to get them into bed and the second half trying to get them out of it”

Never a truer sentence spoken except that she followed it with;

“Children are angels whose wings grow shorter as they grow taller”

Not sure I agree with that one but the first, yes. I have to admit my thoughts are somewhat tinged with jealousy as a decent night’s sleep seems to be ever more fantastical. I literally fall asleep dreaming of a getting 8 hours only to wake up having had half of that. I can’t even blame the dogs this week as they find Kate’s bed so much more attractive than mine so I’ve had all the space a girl could want. But sweet dreams remain elusive.

I confess I haven’t been looking after myself recently and my body is beginning to tell me. Between the socialising and the stress of never-ending building works and the battle with the EDF electricity over the farcical price increase in my monthly bill, a few too many glasses of the grape have been consumed and the healthy diet has slipped a bit. Even the meditation has been thrown under the duvet. It’s time to kick myself up the back side and stop wallowing in worry before the beautiful September sunshine fades into mud and gloom.

Speaking of September, I almost forgot my wedding anniversary last Thursday. Well, I didn’t forget exactly, I just didn’t noticed the date. It wasn’t until my parents rang to check up on me that I looked at the calendar and saw September 12th. I felt a teeny bit guilty but then again I often forgot the date when Tony and I were married, he used to comfort me by saying every day we were together was a special one. Good one T. Of course there is one more special September date that a mum can’t forget and that’s the looming 21st birthday for the Stewart heir. Yes our 7.4 pound bundle of joy has grown into an almost 6 foot mass of lean muscle. I think he’s definitely getting enough sleep….

“When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you’ve growled all day long” (Anon)