Oct 06 2008
Manic Monday: Leaf
“I am a leaf on the wind…watch me soar.”
Serenity, spoken by Wash…moments before he is skewered by flying debris.
That is one of my favorite lines from the Firefly universe and it creates such a lovely image for me. Can’t you just picture a bright orange autumn leaf floating gently down from a tree branch, cradled and rocked by a light, crisp breeze? It reaches the ground so peacefully…all is right with the world on this fine autumn day. And then some kid comes and stomps on it! Sometimes things just blindside you.
I’m back to the sleep disturbances, not for any good reason, just being cynical. Because I can’t really do much else, so I indulge for a moment.
I have an online job that I often do at 5am. This means dragging myself out of bed at 4:45, no matter what time I went to bed the night prior. But I make sure to leave myself a few days when I can sleep in (which means until 5:30 or 6 - I’ll take what I can get). How is it, that my children always seem to know which days I can sleep later, and that they unfailingly choose those days to wake up in the wee hours of the morning?
Friday night we had friends over, but I still made it to bed by 11:00. We had flu shots and soccer on Saturday, but I could have still slept until 6 and had plenty of time to get everyone fed and dressed to make out 8:00 appointment. MM woke up at 4; she’d lost her blankets and was cold. Brought her back to bed, tucked her in, prayed for another 2 hours of rest. No dice. Gus was there at 5. He must have figured I should have been working and didn’t want me to oversleep. Irony is my middle name, I think.
Seriously, Gus was up because of a stuffy nose & cough - can’t fault the little guy for that. The same cold brought him in for an early morning visit at 3:30 today. Couldn’t get mad; I had to let him snuggle in bed with us. When I can’t be mad, I get cynical, just a little, for a brief moment. Moment over.
I think I will keep him home today. Perhaps we’ll look out the big windows as we’re sharing a box of tissues for our runny noses, and we’ll find that bright orange leaf on the wind, and maybe we’ll find a few seconds of serenity. If we’re very, very lucky, no one will stomp on it today.
Thanks to Mo of Manic Monday for today’s theme!
Villager: Thanks so much for stopping by!
Earthling & Mary: Thanks so much for the compliment & I hope you’ll visit again!
Swampy: You’d have to see the movie to get just how literal I was being there
I look forward to your next visit!