One Thousand Words

Wednesdays are busy days. The following things happen on Wednesdays:

• I strip the bed, make it with new linens, and wash, dry, and put away the old ones
• Nesko works until 10 pm
• I tutor in the evening
• Nesko’s mom and sometimes dad take Niko for the day, until I’m back home
• Sometimes, a friend comes over and we do a cooking lesson
• I try to get caught up on house work and lesson plans for tutoring
• I just got a copy of “A Game of Thrones” and am re-reading it, so a lot of other stuff isn’t getting done

Niko totally knows when Wednesdays are, and he bounces around saying “bye bye! Bye bye baba! Beep beep car! Vrrrooom car! Green car! Baba! Bye bye! Baba? Bye! Bye bye! Baba! MOOOOOOOOOOVE.”

I generally get back from tutoring around 7:30pm, ring up my in-laws to let them know I’m home, and then they bring Niko by at some point later… sometimes pretty much immediately, sometimes later. Today was a bit on the late side, but not at all bad, so I was a little surprised to see him draped boa-like over my sister-in-law’s shoulder, sound asleep. He was already jammied up, because I pack pyjamas with him and they usually change him before sending him home, but I could totally have changed his clothing without waking him up.

Hell, I was able to lie him down in bed, unsnap his jacket, maneuver one arm out of the sleeve, lift him partially up, get the other arm up, and roll him around to get the jacket out from under him, without waking him up. I was even able to leave the room without him waking, and that’s generally the one thing that sets off his wake up alarm.

It’s like they drugged him. (spoiler: they did not drug him)

He’s been having some sleep problems lately… restless, nightmares, thrashing around. He’s also been chewing on stuff and jamming spoons into the back of his mouth to gnaw on them. Two year molars? Oh yeah, I see you comin’. I am sure you will be boulder-like, and possibly weirdly shaped or supernumerary. That’s just how we roll.

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