becky | November 13, 2009
In the car on the way home: Ben: Wow, they are right! Counting cows totally works. I was just counting cows and I got super sleepy. Even yawned. Me: What? Counting what? Ben: Cows. Me: Um Ben, usually people count SHEEP. Not cows. Ben: Yeah well, that’s stupid. Counting cows is much more relaxing. Me: [...]
becky | October 9, 2009
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Click. In here it’s warm. Out there it’s cold. In here the pillow and blankets have all formed around my body like a symphony of comfort. Out there I have yet to turn the heat on. In here I have no responsibility but to burrow further into the covers and ignore the [...]
becky | June 19, 2009
Last night I was awoken by the deafening sound of silence. It took me a moment to figure out what was going on. Was I dead? Was I in some super calm sleep and still needed to wake up? Or did I mysteriously go deaf in the middle of the night? When I was coherent [...]
becky | November 25, 2008
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Except Dr. Franklin forgot one other constant of life. That my son will end up in bed with me at some point during the night. This little tradition started, oh, as soon as he was sprung from [...]
becky | July 23, 2008
Wordless Wednesday
becky | July 22, 2008
I’m writing this post at 2:33AM when I should be sleeping. Not awake at my computer. I’m tired, I think, but I can’t sleep. I have always been the best sleeper. My mother used to look at me with such envy with her tired, 4 hour sleep eyes. I was one of those people who when [...]
