19 January 2009

Porcupines at 3:15 a.m.

I couldn't sleep last night. I'd woken up around 12:30 with an attack of heartburn that ended with vomiting, and then I couldn't get back to sleep. I lay there, under the duvet, listening to the gentle snoring from beside me, thinking about babies and baby showers, and wondering why there was no Tums in the house.

Suddenly, I heard little feet running across the hall. Without a word, she climbed up, kneed me in the chest as she scrambled over, and burrowed under the covers between us.

This morning, the first words out of her mouth were "do porcupines run?"

I don't know. Was one chasing you last night?

12 comments:

Mental P Mama said...

Precious. Hope you feel better today;)

Maggie May said...

bad dream? hope you feel better.

flutter said...

clearly one was chasing her..

She She said...

How sweet she had a place to run to.

Patrick started throwing up last night at 12:30 a.m. Sympathy yaks.

Kyla said...

I couldn't sleep last night either. It was torturous.

No porcupines in our dreams, though, thankfully.

S. said...

Vomiting! Terrible, Maggie, I'm sorry.

painted maypole said...

heartburn, vomitting, baby showers? are you trying to tell us something?

InTheFastLane said...

Sweet kid....

YourFireAnt said...

Porcupines move rather slowly.

FA

bernthis said...

I've got the heart burn thing, I think you know. Nasty, horrible.

I love the things that children ask but I hate that I rarely have an answer

nonlineargirl said...

Sorry about the heartburn, but phew, for a minute I thought the little feet in the hall were porcupine feet.

Woman in a Window said...

Ha! Porcupines, not so fast I'm afraid. She better slow down.