Breakfast in Bed?

I was up late again last night, until about 1:30, working on a particularly difficult painting. By the time I stumbled to bed I was fairly exhausted, but in that very good way of knowing that you are tired from spending energy on something worthwhile, seeing progress happen, etc.

I can't say how long I was asleep, but it couldn't have been over fourty five minutes, Amalia climbs into the bed. Fine. Cold night, and all that. I don't even mind that she thinks that the most comfortable place on our bed is on my neck. However, not content to just sleep at, oh, 3 am, she asks how long before breakfast.

"Amalia. It is still the middle of the night. If you are going to stay here, lie down and get back to sleep."

"Which one of you is going to make breakfast?"

"AMALIA. Right now, neither of us. Go back to sleep!"

"OK. I'll make breakfast for us, then. What will you have?"

"AMALIA! Not now. One of us will make breakfast around 6:30. GO BACK TO SLEEP."

She sits there for a minute.

"I'm not sleepy."

"Then go play in your room. Or go to sleep."

At that point exhaustion totally overcame me, and I was not about to get worked up over such nonsense, so I went back to sleep. I guess Amalia finally went back to sleep, because when I got up to make breakfast she was asleep (on our bed).

Next time I am going to say, "fine, make breakfast for us, Amalia."

It would be interesting to see what she would come up with.

Posted by erik at November 17, 2006 1:24 PM