It's Killing Me, the Irony
Whether it be for work or pleasure, I tend to do a lot of my writing at night. I just seem to flow better at night, and it doesn't hurt that after a certain time, everyone else is asleep.
On Friday and Saturday nights, I was up late. Reeeallly late. Admittedly, later than I should have been. Although I have to defend Saturday's 1am bedtime, since unfortnately I was in the bathroom from 12-1. Too much information there, I know. Sorry.
So last night, for some reason Hubba-hubba decides to get all paternal and snippy with me, and informs me that I had better get to bed on time. Because he doesn't want me to be crabby and he wants to have a good day. If this had been said in a loving and concerned tone, my subsequent reaction would have been different. I just want you to know that.
This is coming from a man who for years has had chronic insomnia and has been known not to fall asleep until 3am. Even when he needs to get up at 5:30am. Anybody sense some projection going on here?
I wasn't able to see it that way last night, however, and I got quitebitchy snippy back. I told him the last time I checked, he wasn't my Dad and he didn't get to set my bedtime for me.
I got to bed later than I wanted, but not horribly late.
I woke up just a half hour after he did, despite the fact that he went to bed two whole hours before me.
And, here it is- here is the irony coming, gird yourself.
Who was laying on the couch this afternoon, taking a nap?
Not me, my friends, not me.
On Friday and Saturday nights, I was up late. Reeeallly late. Admittedly, later than I should have been. Although I have to defend Saturday's 1am bedtime, since unfortnately I was in the bathroom from 12-1. Too much information there, I know. Sorry.
So last night, for some reason Hubba-hubba decides to get all paternal and snippy with me, and informs me that I had better get to bed on time. Because he doesn't want me to be crabby and he wants to have a good day. If this had been said in a loving and concerned tone, my subsequent reaction would have been different. I just want you to know that.
This is coming from a man who for years has had chronic insomnia and has been known not to fall asleep until 3am. Even when he needs to get up at 5:30am. Anybody sense some projection going on here?
I wasn't able to see it that way last night, however, and I got quite
I got to bed later than I wanted, but not horribly late.
I woke up just a half hour after he did, despite the fact that he went to bed two whole hours before me.
And, here it is- here is the irony coming, gird yourself.
Who was laying on the couch this afternoon, taking a nap?
Not me, my friends, not me.
Comments
My husband often wanders in around 3am. I am usually fast asleep. BUT on the nights Boo decides to wander the house with his stealth ninja moves my husband is conveniently asleep..... hmmm. Methinks the bastard is jumping into bed the second he hears the kid wake....
I am not a happy girl when I haven't had enough sleep.
So what did you do when you found him napping? Oh you KNOW what I would have done..... and then blogged about it *snigger*
Kelley
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Weakling.
Heidi
Oh, it grows.
That is EXACTLY the kind of exchange I have had with my husband (THE NAPPER!). I don't like to be told what to do, so I too have gotten snippy with the "I'm going to bed now, you should to" blah blah blah. Now he comes downstairs and says "Come on kitties, I'm going to bed" (Passive Aggressive Much?)
Of course he has blamed those naps on me because I keep him up or wake him up when I come to bed late, so much so that he has to nap the next day. Funny how I go to the office, with no option for nap and I make it through. Funny huh?
ok, I shall breath now.
I have chronic insomnia and he thinks that if I just get into bed I should just fall asleep. I wish, plus there are too many things to do at night by myself.
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