July 23, 2013
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Chewlee Finally Has Her *Sleepover*
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM
Chewlee thought her mother was going to pick her up after class tonight but I surprised her with the information that her mother and I had discussed it and decided she could have a sleepover tonight since she had to be up early tomorrow to drive to work. It’s an hour and a half drive for her so, if she has to open the store at 8:30am, she has to leave home by 7am. It means that she gets home from school around 10:30pm, fix herself something to eat and then go to bed. Her alarm goes off around 6am so we are not talking about her getting 8 hours sleep. I remember doing things like that when I was young, too. **Sigh** Wish I had half the energy I had back then now!
At first, Chewlee thought she was going to have to get up really early. She had to get up at 5:30am so she could catch her bus at 6am while she was going to Summer Camp. I reminded her that Summer Camp was over so she didn’t have to get up early tomorrow. Later, as I was putting her to bed, she turned to me and said, *Grandma, when I am at home and don’t have school, nobody wakes me up. They just let me sleep until I wake up.* I told her that I promised no one would wake her up early tomorrow. She could sleep as late as she wanted. She wanted a *pinky promise* on that so we locked pinkies and she was happy. But then a thought came to her and she said, *But, if I get up early by myself, can I turn on cartoons?* I just laughed and told her that was fine. That got me a big hug and a big smile on her face. It made ME laugh.
Chewlee decided on an early shower so she could play her games on the Beast’s computer. She kept bugging me about taking MY shower early so I could go to bed at the same time she did. That was NOT going to happen because I had a couple things to do once I got her out from under my feet. I couldn’t get it all done so that means I need to get her out on her bike early so I can finish up. It also means staying out of my computer room for a couple hours to let the rug dry. We’re not ready to paint this room yet so we will make do for a while with what we have. I will be getting my new desk soon as well as the new mattress for OUR bed. That’s when the guest room will have a queen size bed in it as well as ours so there won’t be a problem with new sheets. I have a ton of sheets for queen size beds. I WILL, however, decide on the colors for each so I will know which bedroom gets which sheets when we do the wash.
Chewlee likes the idea of having a *BIG* bed to sleep on when she stays overnight. Like a full size one isn’t plenty big for her little body. She sleeps on a single size bed at home. Big difference between the two. *I*, however, will appreciate it when I have to sleep with her. Some nights she is a whirling dervish and I often end up with her feet on my chest. She’s actually kicked me during one of her worst nights. And she wonders why I sometimes start the night with her and end up sleeping on my recliner. I sleep there when she stays over and has a wild night so that, if she wakes up, she can come into the computer room and crawl in with me. She says she *got lonely*.
It was hot again today but we had a nice breeze. It helped since, when the wind stopped, a thin film of sweat would appear on your skin due to the high humidity. Chewlee went to give me a hug and I heard a *Ick! You’re all sweaty, Grandma!* I told her she was sweaty, too, but I wasn’t complaining about HER*.
Love you all. Stay cool. Drive carefully. I wish you a good week ahead.
