The Loud Typist

I have now become well acquainted with the hallway outside our hotel room, as it offers me the perfect place to write my blog since, apparently my son can sleep through rock and roll concerts, but not the sound of keystrokes on a keyboard. So, here I sit, listening to the Amelie soundtrack (it was Debussy last night...) through headphones and am glad they actually got to bed at a normal(ish) bedtime tonight for the first night since we've been over here. This morning I meant to begin our getting up at an earlier time than one in the afternoon but circumstances beyond my control took hold and we can try again tomorrow morning.

We actually got started with a bright and early wake up call this morning at six when my daughter got sick in bed. I rushed her into the bathroom to finish up there, and she was feeling much better after it was all out. She was even singing in the shower, so I figured, as I was cleaning up the spots on the carpet and rinsing out clothes, she's fine and we just got an early morning start to be able to make it down to our one morning of breakfast buffet we're partaking in during our stay. The buffet did not start until seven-thirty, so we had a half hour to kill. We decided to read a book together and after about fifteen minutes of reading, her tummy hurt again. And I got up, thinking oh yeah, I was going to move the waste basket by her, ya know, just in case. And as I am empathetically saying, "Oh yeah? Your tummy hurts again?" she manages to get out, "Hurry!!!" It is at that point I realize I should have had the bucket there. Oh well, I got it there for most of it.

No breakfast buffet today. She kept some apple juice down, then fell back asleep. I was working on convincing myself my stomach didn't hurt and I was fine, but to make sure, I put myself back to bed, too. I'm glad I did because when we finally awoke at half past noon (oops!) my stomach was fine and she had toast and later a dinner with no repercussions. So, it may be bold of me to say, but I think tomorrow will be the day for the breakfast buffet. I'm looking forward to it and their walk on the beach to film The Adventures of C & S: Caves in the Rocks by the Ocean Episode. I'm sure they'll come up with a much snappier title. It is their last day before school starts and I want them to have a great day.

I will now quietly sneak back inside the room and silently lay down to sleep, because we are about to begin on early mornings once again. And sleep is vital. Sweet Dreams!

cheers