Sharing a room

When we were young, we shared a room - either Angie and I, or John and Angie, depending. In the winter, when it was cold upstairs, we'd share a bed. (not always fun when one of the three kiddos drank too much before bedtime! I wish I was kidding!)

But I haven't shared a bedroom, except with a bf and a husband in a long time. Now that John is home, Angie and I are in the same room again. Which is slightly tricky because she's devious! She's always looking at what I have on bookshelves or hung on the wall or on top of my dresser and out of nowhere, she'll sometimes grab something and play with it. Yesterday it was a blue lanyard from when I took classes at the local tech school. I have a couple signed pictures on my wall at home and some Doctor Who toys. Plus my history books and some random knick knacks.

Part of the joy of having her in my room is that at any moment, I might be redecorating!

One of the other challenges is that we go to bed at different times. If I go to bed and decide to watch Torchwood or Doctor Who or Pitch Black, then that can wake her up. She also insists on the door being closed.

I have a Queen bed and she has a twin. They were at a 90 degree angle to each other but I switched them so they were end to end with a gap of about 3-4 feet. This morning at 4:00am when I was talking to myself (yes I do this, it helps me process my thoughts), I felt a hand on my foot. Thankfully I remembered Angie was there or I think I might have had a flashback to a wet bed! I ask her sometimes what she wants, to see if she'll respond. Her usual response is a shrug or a turn to the left which means "No" and everything else means "Yes" and then she'll do what she wants to do. Well this time, apparently it was code for "I'm going to get into bed with you since obviously we're both awake". What followed was about 30 minutes of her giggling,playing with my hair and her laying her arm across my shoulder to get me to tickle her. I finally got her to go to sleep and then we got up a few hours later.

Such goofiness!