Dear Sleep,
You and I have been great friends for quite some time. I really enjoy your company, and appreciate that you've always been there for me (except for the college years -- I don't know how I did without you then.)
I wanted to give you a heads up that soon I won't be able to spend as much time with you as usual. There is someone else coming into my life who will need much of the time I would normally spend with you. Please don't take it personally. In fact I'm going to miss you a whole damn lot.
I love you, sleep. You are essential to my well-being. When you're not around I turn into a wispy shadow of myself. I become 3 of the 7 dwarves -- Dopey, Sleepy and Grumpy. Without you my IQ seems to drop several points, my usually high level of patience dwindles, and my fine motor skills are reduced to those of a squirmy newborn. Not to mention I look frighteningly similar to the cast of the the Thriller video.
There may be times we can sneak off together and have a little rendezvous now and then. That will just have to do until I am in your arms again on a regular basis. I'm sure that we can pick up right where we left off. Old friends can do that.
But let's spend quality time together now, while we can. I like long goodbyes anyway.
Sweet dreams,
Regina
Dear Habibi,
Don't worry, I won't hold this against you. As much as I love sleep, I promise that I will love you much, much, MUCH more!
13 comments:
Now that is a funny post :) Sleep it is overrated. I can't wait to hear about your lack of sleep but the joy you get at the end of the day.
Hugs. sandi
I am laughing so hard right now!! That is absolutely the funniest!
You are hilarious! Great post. Yes, sleep is something that disappears. Even when Aila sleeps, I wake up constantly to check on her. And if I don't, I really sleep lightly - always ready for anything. Oh dear. Oh well. You have a great attitude about this!
That is the best post ever!! Too funny and so true! Hopefully our bodies will adjust quickly to our new schedules. If not, there is the golden baby rule: If they are sleeping, you sleep too:) That might have to be my new mantra this summer!
You crack me up. Yes, it's true, and it's HARD. I remember it well, i remember crying because i was so tired and Sean was not sleeping thru the night. I guess he knew, enough was enough, because later that week he slept thru the night.
I had my "test" baby here Tuesday night. He slept thru the night, but i was so worried he would wake up scared and crying not knowing where he was that I did not sleep to well.
It's hard, but "this too shall pass" and we all get thru it. You're smart to start getting cozy with it now and appreciate it. :)
I'm a real crab when i don't get sleep. :)
Hilarious! It is good to be prepared for the break-up, but you never know . . . you could meet up again quickly.
Love the post, you are so dang witty! Yes, the lack of sleep, I remember it well. Thankfully, my two must have known mama needed to sleep because Haley slept through the night very early, and then for 10 hours. The first few weeks were very tough, you're so nervous, you wake to every little peep and are like the walking dead, just bone tired. But it does get better and you do adjust (kind of like the lack of sleep in college). You will not care, because you will be so in love with your new child that is all you will care about. Happy to say, naps and I are once again reunited...and it feels SO good.
LOL! We recently went away without the kiddos and decided we were going to sleep in. Ummm yeah, 8:30 was the latest we could sleep. Boy do I miss the college sleep days, like 1 or 2 in the afternoon. :)
Haha. I feel like a zombie most days now. Serik sleeps really well, only waking up once a night but it's hard to run after him all day and not get to sleep through the night. I'm with Kim, I really miss college sleep.
LOL!! This came at a perfect time! Gigi has been super sick this past week so last night I spent the night in her room to make sure I was there if she stopped breathing. As I type this in the morning, I am bleary-eyed, my fingers won't type the letters my brain intends, and all I want to do is crawl into bed for a nice long rendezvous with sleep. :-) Instead I sent Jim off to the local coffee shop for a few extra shots of caffeine. Ah well. Perhaps in a few months, your next letter will be an ode to caffeine.
Enjoy the "affair." The end is so bittersweet! :-)
You know, when kids fight going down for naps or bedtime, I really want to say "you know, kid, one day you're really going to appreciate sleep and wish you had all of these wasted sleep minutes back." If only we knew better then!
You are so funny :)). I usually don`t care too much about sleeping, but I am sure I am going to appreciate it much more after we will get our child. Great post :).
I wish I would have been able to treasure sleep before Asher! :) I miss it...a lot! We meet on occassion, but not nearly often enough. :) I enjoyed catching up with you and your journey. Thanks for the movie suggestions and woohoo for your travel call!! We were so very excited for that next phase! Hope to hear that you have been assigned a region soon.
Enjoy your rest,
Shannon :)
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