This is my latest scintillating read. The wrinkled sheet underneath (yes that is on my bed) is basically a metaphor for Piglet’s current sleeping patterns. Well, who irons a sheet anyway? I mean, who even owns an iron? As I write, Piglet is sleeping soundly at my feet in his bouncy chair. To look at…
Tag: sleep-or lack thereof
Insomnia: I CAN’T GET NO SLEEP
Yes, in the words of Faithless, those great sages of 1996, I need to sleep I can’t get no sleep. The baby, meanwhile, is sleeping like, er, a baby. I’m not sure why people use that phrase, as “sleeping like a baby” clearly doesn’t mean lying in a crib suspended between two trees in a…
Piglet, Seven Weeks, Shows Obscene Lack of Interest in Becoming Serious Intellectual
Piglet is asleep and I am seizing a moment to write. He is asleep in his baby bouncer. I am not convinced that this is the best place for me to implement my new bedtime routine, but I am frankly too scared to put him in his cot in the bedroom in case Something Terrible…
He’s Wailing, He’s Wailing Again…
Well, he is here. And you know who I mean by “He.” The promised messiah. In fact, it’s not far off. I have started singing Away in a Manger to him at night and switching the name “Jesus” for His name. To all extents and purposes, he will henceforth be known as Piglet, the moniker…