How does one sleep with a size 6 toddler foot in ones nose? How do you rest with small blond hairs and large, hard head buried in your neck, hair tickling your mouth? How do you achieve realistic, relaxing, dream bringing REM when you are hanging off over the side of the bed with small knees, arms and butt shoved into the crook of your back?

 When did our king size bed shrink into an army cot?

What does one do with a 2 year old who prefers your bed to theirs? He never stays in his bed for more than a couple of hours now, and when we persist on putting him back in there, we are then racked with guilt from hearing him cough during the night. It is really cold here, and he wants to be between our 2 warm bodies.

Then there is the issue of intimacy, or lack of it, with the other before mentioned warm body. No more mid-night snuggles. No more promises of something more after your good night kiss. Just a foot in your nose, and chronic snoring from the little tike hiding the V8 motor under his T-rex pjs.

So bring on the warmer weather I say! Too bad though, because winter is my favourite time of year (especially for those snuggles I hinted at before). But if little man needs the warmer nights to sleep in his own bed, cough free, then I will give up warmth and comfort for sweat and humidity right now!

The upside, of course,  are those mid-night escapades out to the swimming pool for a sneaky skinny dip and heat relief to look forward to!

An update on the head residents; they have had a slight change over the weekend. The overeating-drinking ethnic family moved out, and took their 6 goats with them. Instead, a personal trainer with a head cold has moved in, she isn't doing any physical training this week, due to lethargy, but she is right into eating correctly and frowns on alcohol.. except maybe on the weekend. Unfortunately she brought her boyfriend with her, and while he (so far) is alright, he brought his donkey with him. While I admit the donkey smells better than the goats did, the noise it is making in the mornings is attrocious!

(or is that just my sinus passages again?)