1. Black Night
2. Spring Colour
3. A Rolling Nose
A murderous night. Son 1 aged 4y 5m again. Waking screaming for Mummy. At the fourth time, at 5am, I was not patient, understanding or tolerant. “Stop making that noise or you will wake Son 2!” I snapped. Son 2 aged 18m woke, and screamed. The Man went in with him. Son 1 went back to sleep. I went downstairs for coffee and the Sunday papers.
It was a beautiful day. Daffodils everywhere I drove. The Crocuses we planted outside The Office in December are just about over, but still a great splash of colour. The road near the entrance to Son 1’s nursery is wooded, and there are carpets of yellow primroses, and clumps of daffs. Bright pink camellias, and fresh green leaves unfurling on a hydrangea. The birds are singing, the sky was blue. Son 1 went to Nursery without a coat because we can’t find his blazer. It was just about warm enough.
After a tortuous weekend of failing to find a Red Nose anywhere, I found a leftover one at The Office. I picked Son 1 up from Nursery. There is apparently a school play on Friday afternoon for which he is learning some songs. And he says I am going to it. Only I’m supposed to be in The City, 60 miles away on Friday afternoon. I am still mystified as to where everyone finds out this stuff. There was a tiny book of dates-in-the-year given out at the start of term. This obviously has to be decanted into the calendar when it comes into the house. I’ll learn. We parked near the house, and Son 1 clutched his Red Nose as he got out of the car. He dropped it. It rolled across the road, and then into the entrance to some sea-level riverside properties opposite. Son 1 howled. “My Red Nose!” A passing youth couldn’t help laughing out loud. The Nose picked up the pace, rolled away down the steep slope to the waterfront and disappeared out of sight. I put a sobbing Son 1 in the house and went to investigate. There was a red blob in the road at the bottom of the hill. There was more comedy potential in it plopping off into the river and drifting out to sea, but I’m glad we saved it.
Tags: crocuses, daffodils, disturbed sleep, Early waking, hydrangea, night-waking, primroses, Red Nose, School Play, sleep problems, spring
