Sleeping In.... Doubt It!
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 01:55PM I have come to learn that my family is a disgrace to the meaning of summer break.
When I think of summer vacation, one thing immediately comes to mind. SLEEP! I love my sleep. One of my favorite things to do is to hit the pillow at the end of a long day.
My family is always telling me how grouchy I am in the morning, but they don't understand. I NEED my sleep! If I don't, I have been known to say stuff I don't mean, and don't remember saying when I wake up. I have also been known to hurt people in my sleep.
Just the other day my brother came in my room and couldn't wake me up. He decided to tickle me behind my knee, a place that makes me freak out, and he knew it! He went along with his plan and I kicked him. Hard.I don't remember doing this, but lets just say I don't think he's going to try that one anytime soon.
My mother had to get me up one time for an early commitment that day. She started at 6. I wouldn't wake up. Then again at 6:10 without success. Finally at 6:20 she turned on my light and opened my shutters. Through squinted eyes I told her to turn my light back off and that I was going to go back to bed and not getting up. Ever. She tried again 5 minutes later after I dozed off and in my sleep I took my pillow and threw it at her. That made her mad, but I don't ever remember doing it.
Well, for the next half hour the whole family came in and made some sort of attempt to get me up until one of them said I only had 15 minutes to get up, get dressed, do my hair and everything else before we left for the dentist. I was up in the blink of an eye.
My record of sleeping in is noon, and I went to bed at my bedtime which was 8:00! I felt so good to finally sleep in for over 12 hours! This summer my goal was to beat my record, more than once. So far, thats not happening. I wake up at 5:00 A.M. this morning to my brother Buck, who is always up early..... painfully early, watching t.v, the sound of cartoons blasting from the family room woke me up. I groaned, rolled over and put a pillow over my head and dozed off again. At 5:30 I woke up to Buck, playing the Wii and Colton playing on his PS2 and screaming and cheering as he hit a home run. And 6:00 A.M. to Buck and Colton playing the accordian and the piano. By this time I get out of bed, still half asleep, and shut my door, then crawled back in bed. By 8 Sierra's in my room shaking me asking me where something is. I pull the blankets over my head and pretend to be asleep until she finally leaves. At 9 I'm woken up by Colton telling me how now no will play him on his PS2 baseball and he needs me. I tell him to leave me alone and shut my door on his way out. By that time I'm DONE! I could not go back to sleep no matter how hard I tried, so I just get up.
That happened just this morning and when I walked into the living room where my mother was blogging (she is an early riser and she just gets up and hits the computer), and she looked at me and said, "Well you're up relatively early this morning." I huffed and slumped on the couch. All I could think is, "She has NO idea. It's physically impossible to sleep in while living with this family!" I think she read my mind because she said, "I bet you wish you were an only child!" I forgot how tired I was and laughed. They have NO idea. = )
Reader Comments (4)
hi its me again and i was just checking for any thing new. this week im helping out with vbs and on sunday night i was helping my mom ( the procrastanator that she is) get ready for her lesson the next day. i was up till 12 and fell asleep on the couch only to be awakened 6 hrs later to get ready to go help with the 5 year olds. one very chaotic day for me and the other helper. then last night i woke up at 3 with worst stomachache ive ever had and i had to take a hot bath. it only helped a little bit. so i went on the couch (yet again) for a painful sleep. only to wake to go to church a evan more hectic day. oh ya i forgot to mention this last time i wrote but our family got a new laptop. we are supposed to share but ive used the most so far. also my mom told me you are going on vacation tomrrow so i hope you have a good time. bye!!!
Chris
Hi its me again. my mom and i were at cabelas and we got a call from our uncle in utah. our cousin who as hdrocephaly has gotten the swine flu. this is ad because he can barely fight of a normal cold. we are very worried about him, hes only 9. can you please pray for him. is name is austin. thxs
Chris
Hi Chris sorry I've been meaning to reply but I haven't had much time at all.... thanks for your comments, I'm glad you enjoy them so much! Hey, sorry to hear about your cousin, I'll keep him in my prayers! I hope he gets better soon....
Thanks! = )
-Audra
Boy do I know about not having time. Thanks for keeping Austin in your prayers it means a lot. So what have you been up to lately? How was your vaction? I heard you went to Legoland which is where we are going this aug. Right before school starts. not the best time to go on vacation if you ask me. Well i have to go before my mom gets mad at me for being on the computer. Bye
Chris