Dear Friday

It has been a busy week, a hectic week in fact and I’m knackered. I was kind of hoping that you were going to play however it became evident very early on this morning that we were going to play our old game, “Who can score the most points”.

For those of you who are interested in how this panned out keep reading. Those who aren’t click the red cross in the corner but be aware…. Friday strikes at us all at some point.

+1 to Friday.
Kieran came through to my bedroom and wanted to drink some of the fresh juice I just happened to have on my bedside table. He then dropped it all over the bed. Dammit.

+1 to Friday.
Now showered and dressed Kieran somehow spilled milk all over his clothes, the table and his hair. Off for shower no 2.

+1 to Nicki.
Taylor jumped up to kiss Kieran and accidentally headbutted him in the mouth and hit his wobbly tooth. Blood everywhere (no need for clothing change #3), Taylor insisted Kieran had “lots and lots of strawberry sauce in him” and we were nearly late for school. This could have been a +1 for Friday but as the whole incident was caused by a spontaneous hug I’m claiming this one.

+1 to Nicki
For remembering that not only was it non-uniform (I only sent two texts to confirm with other parents first so this is a good one!) AND for remembering to take a tombola prize for the school fair instead of the usual 50p (robbed!).

+1 to Nicki
Kieran brought a handmade brownie home from school. Score!

+1 to Friday
I have floppy mouth boots again, must get Roy to super-glue them again. (No, I’m not tight I’m frugal).

+1 to Nicki
It is 7.10pm, Taylor is fast asleep and Kieran is tucked up in bed watching Scooby Doo and doing puzzles.

The end result… Nicki 4  – Friday 3.
Screw you Friday! See you next week for the rematch.

How Do You Sleep at Night?

There is a running joke amongst my friends and family that I never sleep. I am a ridiculously early riser, often being up and at ’em by 4am and tend to fall into bed around 10.30pm – 11pm. Everyday is a busy day so you would think that I’d be on my knees however I manage well on a maximum of 5-6 hours sleep.

Having said that, the type of sleep makes a big difference. If I get 5 hours of quality snoozing I’m up and at them first thing, motivated, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. If I have a night where I am tossing and turning then I still wake early, get up and get on but am flagging for most of the day and this lack of quality sleep has a knock-on effect.

Recently neither Roy or I have slept particularly well and both believe it is time for a new bed. We have a bog standard steel bedstead with a memory foam mattress over the top. While we love the memory foam it is past its best and we really need to start from scratch but are torn regarding what type of bed to choose and of course the mattress type.

We’d both like another memory foam mattress but of course they are all different. We really want a medium – firm mattress (soft and my back do not play together well) we think.

Clearly we are a bit up in the air with what type of bed and mattress to get so I’m throwing the question out to you good people: How do you sleep at night? If the answer is fabulously then do share what you sleep on!

The only feature we definitely want our new bed to have is no end as Roy is 6ft 5″. Any other help or advice would be much appreciated.

Sleeping like a baby. I will (hopefully) when I get a new bed!
Sleeping like a baby. I will (hopefully) when I get a new bed!

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