How well did you sleep last night?

[Lord of the Ales]

Not bad at all

 

Ok I guess. I'm always disappointed when it's time to get up though.

[Parts]

Fairly good

[odeon]

Well enough to want to stay in bed for the rest of the day.

[renaeden]

You're right I do. It's the oldest again. Tough night.

What does he do to keep you awake?

[Phoenix]

You're right I do. It's the oldest again. Tough night.

What does he do to keep you awake?

He has questions about things that relate to safety. His anxiety is horrific at night. Last night was wrapped up by midnight. The night before it spiked around 2am. Before that it usually lasted until 4am. It's been building since the pandemic as increased in positive cases and especially since his work is prepping to re-open. We're moving to phase 2 of reopening on Friday and his work can't reopen until phase 3 so he still has a chunk of time. But his germaphobia is at horrific levels. I'm a very light sleeper so when he wakes me up to ask questions, I can't always get back to sleep. Or it ends around 4am, I fall asleep around 5am and then have to start my day at 6am.

[renaeden]

I'm a light sleeper too.

You're an awesome mum. My mum would have told me off for waking her up and told me to go back to bed.

[odeon]

Really well this time.

[Phoenix]

I'm a light sleeper too.

You're an awesome mum. My mum would have told me off for waking her up and told me to go back to bed.

Well I haven't said I haven't done exactly that Sometimes I have more compassion and patience and sometimes I'm just bone tired and need some time and space and sleep. Depends on the night. But the one thing I do every single time is sit down with him the next day and talk it out. Why I was upset, how I could have handled it better, but also that it's my job to make the boundary very clear and it's his job to be respectful of it or else things will get messy and we'll both say and do things we normally wouldn't. Parenting is a hard gig, that's for sure.

[renaeden]

Hmm, don't think I could have handled being a parent. I'm glad that there's parents around like you that do a good job of it.

Last night I slept well because I now have an extra blanket on my bed. It's heavy and feels nice.

[Phoenix]

Thanks Ren

[Parts]

Not great,  probably in for another night of the same due to sleeping on the couch while my wife is having a flare up

[odeon]

Poorly. Kept waking up.

[Phoenix]

^ This.

[renaeden]

Good until 4:30am when the cats wanted to go out separately, then they wanted dry food. I refuse to give Mollie hers before 8am because then she gets hungry way before dinner time. So she kept me awake by singing the song of her people.

[odeon]

Slightly better than yesterday. Too hot to sleep properly, though.