Listen to Sleepy Sun, “Sleepy Son”.
Listening to another SXSW discovery this week, San Francisco psych rock group Sleepy Sun and their track “Sleepy Son”, I couldn’t help but muse what I would give to have one some mornings. Every day I’m startled awake by a little 3 year old drill sergeant who comes barreling into the room announcing “It’s morning time, Mommy! Get up, get up, GET UP! LET’S PLAY!”
At what age do we lose our enthusiasm for getting up in the morning? I’ve given this due thought and can honestly say I can’t recall, but I don’t ever remember having the kind of energy and enthusiasm to greet the day like Judah does. I should feel lucky really because he sleeps until 7:00AM (very humane in the kid world). Yet I am pained every morning by this process and find myself constantly devising strategies to extend my sleep.
Set breakfast out the night before? 10 minutes. Let him use me as a race track for his cars? 20 minutes. Allow him to do something semi-destructive like launch hot wheels with his car shooter into the wall? 30 minutes. But the mother of all sleep aids? TV. Movies are a regular early morning weekend routine. We’re talking 90 solid minutes of quiet, blissful, uninterrupted sleep. A few weeks ago, I found my ace in the hole, Mary Poppins. 2 hours and 23 minutes of sleep heaven!
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Lazy bones….
As I have grown older (different from growing up) and my sisters have all started having there own children, my mother has shared many stories. One that she seems to repeat again and again, involves my learning to work the VCR. She tells this story with great nostalgia of being able to let me alone in another room, while she managed to take care of other tasks. (Mary Poppins is actually a personal favorite.) Here’s to the easily (and often self)-entertained and extra hours of sleep.
Ha! Cute story and I can completely relate. While it’s adorable to be needed all the time, it’s also exhausting. Self sufficiency is priceless! I’m seeing glimmers of this but know I still have a looong way to go.
Every since Susannah’s birthday party, we’ve also been watching Mary Poppins! Now the boys will have yet another thing in common. I have lived without 3 consecutive hours of sleep for 7 months now. What I wouldn’t give for 6 hours right now! Oh, yes…a very LOOONG way to go.