Warning (Steph): This will start with a smile and end with a tear - maybe. I thought it would be good to write about the importance of sleep. As I mentioned prior to us leaving, Kelly started waking up at 3am and instead of going back to bed she'd just stay up. This wasn't good because it meant she would want to start talking. Normally, I just fall asleep, regardless - in fact, and I am not proud to say this, at times I when I am having a hard time falling asleep, I will ask her a question and then just let my mind idle as she responds with excruciating detail and the "white noise" puts me out like a light. Ladies, please don't be offended....all men are like this. I am not saying that I don't listen, its just that we (men) have the ability to listen without having to think. Anyway, the 3am thing has 4 out of the last five days (the one day it didn't happen, we didn't sleep at all) but instead of letting me fall back to sleep I get wound up in what she is talking about and now I am utterly exhausted. I am taking the long way to get around to telling you about what happened last night but thought the background might help you see some of the humor. We went to bed at 11:30 Ethiopian time and I fell asleep really fast. Kate is staying in our room on a roll-away and its not the most sturdy piece of furniture, it creaks and croaks everytime she turns over. Kelly got up at 3am and engaged me in conversation by asking if I thought the Packers won.... Kate woke up when I went on the internet to see the score (Go Pack!) so she decided to crawl in bed with us. I shut the computer off and went back to bed. Kelly, as Kelly is now began a conversation.... not with me but with Kate and I discovered I absolutely can't go back to bed with the two of them debating. Finally, at 4:30 I let them both have a good but chewing and told them to go to sleep. I think I passed out at 5am and 10 minutes later I was falling out of the bed. You see, Kate kept snuggling into Kelly on the far side of the bed. Kelly would try to get away from her so she would snuggle into me. I was so dang hot I kept moving to the outside of the bed until finally I had no room left. I freaked on them both at about 5:30 and grabbed my pillows telling them how ridicoulous it was that they didn't respect me enough to let me get some rest. I stormed over to the roll-away and jumped in still berating both of them (as they giggled). I laid on the roll-away for less than a minute when I noticed there was a bar that ran under the mattress at midback level. I rolled over... and the bed folded up on me (God has a sense of humor). Kelly and Kate were in tears from laughter. Needless to say, I am going to see if they have another room availabe in the hotel tonight (just kidding).
Back to yesterday. As we watched the video of meeting "Y" last night a couple of things really stand out in my mind. One is the joy I remember in "Y" as he was sharing his "Breidenbach" family book with one of his freinds (another orphan who is about 8 years old). "Y" showed "G" the book and laughed and giggled as he chattered pointing to Cole on his wake board or to the pictures of Kate, Kassie, Kelsie and Kylie. "G" chattered back as he pointed to the pics of the kids on the go-cart and "Ys" room. Then they got done and "Y" took the book back....almost reverently putting it back into its plastic sleeve as he was protecting the item and relishing the fact that someone picked him. Then I remember the look on "Gs" face and I felt for him..., he wasn't picked... he has been in the orphanage for 4 months and living on the street with his little brother prior to that. He has seen so many other children picked.... so many other children go through their new family books and he is still there. UGGGGG!
Nick
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