Tag: bed
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The Soda Fairy at 2 am
We ration soda in the house. We have convinced Ben that if he wants a can he has to wait in his room until I can talk to the soda fairy. At about two in the morning he came into my room and said, “Soda Fairy, please.” I told him he had to wait until…
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Plushies
My youngest son has 20 or 30 stuffed and plastic animals that he keeps on his bed. Some of them are big and they cover almost the whole bed. He has so many plushies that he can’t sleep properly in the bed now. So… he fell asleep in my bed. I cleared his bed and…
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Diaper Please
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? I usually wake up to that request. I also sometimes hear light bulb please and chicken nuggets please. That is a typical morning. Sometimes I pee first. When my adult autistic son is satisfied I usually crawl back into bed.…
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Up Late
I stayed up late last night. I slept in late today. At a little after noon I hurried out of bed and got dressed so I could take the garbage to the curb before the truck came. As I was putting on my socks my wife informed me that garbage is delayed this week because…
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Stress and Homeless Men
More people have visited today than usual. My parents are stressful, I love them dearly and it’s good stress, but stressful nonetheless. They brought food so one of my two sons came for lunch. Now I have my regular homeless friend at the table and another homeless man he just met. Gods help me. Oh…
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Kidnapping Dream
I had a dream that my wife kept getting kidnapped and that I had to keep rescuing her. The times in between the rescues were idyllic enough. Laying in a double king sized bed together cuddling and all the while thinking we had room for another person. Walking around a college campus together enjoying the…
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Ugh… Pharmacy
Tonight pharmacy got hairy by the end. There were only three of us for the last hour and a half and a steady stream of customers. I still left a little after eight even though there was so much left to do. I went shopping and soon will have a couple of burritos. I have…