Friday Night

It all started promisingly enough. I finally felt well enough to continue reading That Hideous Strength with Tim after the other boys were in bed. It had been a late night, since we stayed up to watch the Olympics. But it was Friday night, and we could afford to sleep in. I especially was looking forward to getting to bed by 1am (early for me) and get some extra sleep to help with recuperation. During our reading, I made a mental note when I heard someone in the bathroom. That meant one of the other boys, probably J, wasn't asleep yet.

Tim and I read the part in That Hideous Strength where the guy on the horse shows up at the door (this is after the part where we finally find out who the Head of the N.I.C.E is! That's not too much of a spoiler, is it?) We talked for a few minutes, and then I went to see that both boys were in bed.

Nope, L was missing! He was in the bathroom. Still? It had been awhile since I'd heard him in the bathroom earlier. I waited, and when he finally came out, I found out why he wasn't asleep. He was sick. I'll spare the details, but we spent an hour and a half getting him back to bed. By the time he was asleep again, it was 3am and we were all up and wide awake. Then Miss M woke up, wide awake and ready to play after her nap. So much for extra sleep. J offered to stay up and play with her, so I dozed off for a few minutes in between thoughts about the sick son and the cleaning chore that still lay ahead.

An hour and a half later, sick son was up again and needed tending. Miss M was still going strong, happily playing with brother J. She finally tired out as it started getting light. Snow was falling - finally, our first good snow! But we were all too tired to enjoy it.

At 9am, sick son popped out of bed, chipper and wide awake, and came out into the family room where the rest of us were camped out on the couch, chair and floor of the family room. He felt great and wanted to know if, since he was sick, he could watch videos all day!

The snow really is beautiful, and we're supposed to get a couple more inches tonight.