I’m comfortable.<\/p>\n
In my bed.<\/p>\n
Gah. I’ve seen this Mickey Mouse cartoon so many times- I know each line word for word.<\/p>\n
The three year old is jumping… ON MY BED… and I’ve given him the look 75 billion and a half times.<\/p>\n
He is a chatterbox, not just today, but every morning. He even talks in his sleep-<\/p>\n
When he isn’t snoring-<\/p>\n
What happened to the cute little breaths he took as a baby? These are near grown man sounds that escape his sleeping lips.<\/p>\n
And when he realizes I haven’t responded to his words with whatever he has deemed appropriate or with nothing at all, he quietly reminds himself that I am working.<\/p>\n
And it is a blissful 2.5 seconds of quiet.<\/p>\n
Ah, but it is a continuous circle that cannot be broken or interrupted or muted or paused.<\/p>\n
Maybe a walk is what I need after all.<\/p>\n
Fresh air would be great, a stimulating conversation with nature is sure to stimulate brain cells that beg to take one or two more winks.<\/p>\n
Guess, I will put on clothes and go for a walk…<\/p>\n
The three year old has spies everywhere and I will not escape this time unseen.<\/p>\n
I don’t really like clothes, anyway.<\/p>\n
Besides, I’m quite comfortable.<\/p>\n
In my bed.<\/p>\n
But you enjoy the scenery.<\/p>\n
And if you hear an incessant banging from a window as you pass by-<\/p>\n
Don’t worry, it is just the three year old wishing you a happy, sunshiny day.<\/p>\n
Wave, smile and just keep walking.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, you’ll be entrapped in a conversation with a three year old and absolutely no way out.<\/p>\n
Then I will be forced to leave my cocoon of comfort and warmth-<\/p>\n
You’ll see my t shirt, rumpled and wrinkled and if the angle is right, you might even see some thigh connected to a panty that is anything but sexy.<\/p>\n
But, I digress. And that isn’t how we make any progress.<\/p>\n
Yes, a walk would indeed be best.<\/p>\n
Gets the blood flowing, you know?<\/p>\n
But.<\/p>\n
I am comfortable.<\/p>\n
In my bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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