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Jody: Mom of 5 (teenagers on up!) and a grandmother

I am a pre-menopausal mother of five... two teenaged daughters, and three older sons, one of whom just completed his second tour in Iraq. I have literally changed thousands of diapers in my years as a mother and more recently as a grandmother. I dream... nay, I live for the day when the proverbial reversal of roles kick in and my kids have the pleasure of changing my diapers.

O’dark Hundred…

February 7, 2009 — Jody @ 4:33 am

It’s 3:27 in the morning. What am I doing still up? I should have gone to bed hours ago.

What, and waste this perfectly good peace and quiet?

Oh no, I’m staying up for as long as my eyelids can stand it. It is silent between the walls of this big house except for the soothing drip of the aquarium pump and the distant snores of 5 children, one husband and one puppy.

I know I will regret this later on in the day, but for now I am just basking in the moment. Bedtime is really the only time a mother can enjoy silence. Silence during the waking hours is almost always a bad thing. Much mischief occurs in silent periods during the waking hours. Best take advantage of bedtime quiet when you can.

Even if it means staying up past O’dark Hundred.

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I agree. My kids go to bed at 8, but I stay up until at least 11, just enjoying the silence, enjoying the ME time, enjoying no one needing me, or calling me, or hanging on me…… It may not be at O’Dark Hundred, but 8-midnight is a great time of day for me.:0)
Comment by geri — February 13, 2009 @ 11:39 am