Ramblings 15 May 2007 09:03 am
I am NOT dating a ninja.
5:30 am.
eRock’s cell phone starts ringing with the alarm that I have truly come to hate… so loud, so grating on the nerves it makes a bucket of ice water seem like a nice wake-up call. She snoozes it. I start to doze back off and just as I am about to slip back off to sleep it jolts me awake again. This time she isn’t moving, at least not as fast as I would have liked. She snoozes it again. Today it seems that 3’s a charm. She shuts it off, rolls over and allows herself to slowly wake up. I am supportive and mutter “way to go, Hon” a few times as encouragement for her getting up this early to go to the gym where she will be performing aerobics on mini-trampolines. She makes her way to her dresser and starts grabbing her work out clothes. These dressers are nice, they really are. However, they don’t come with any sort of ball bearing track for the drawers so its wood on wood when you open and close them. Open. Close. Open. Close. Open……………………..Close.
Sitting up, I give her a sorta sleepy smile, though the sleepy part is rapidly wearing off. Grab a bag. Unzip the backpack. Take the water bottle out. Zip something else. Open. Close. I am sitting up now. Bag on the bed, water bottle by my feet, she is sorting a few things out and repacking. She looks at me and says, “Oh are you awake? You should go back to sleep.” I am confused, thinking, “of course I am awake, I can sleep through a lot, but this is a true test.” She gives me a smile, grabs her bag, I get a little sugar and she leaves….did I mention that its kinda hard to shut her door? It makes a loud thud. I hear her in the hall getting ready, bags rustling and all. Then a loud whump as she opens the door. She forgot something. Another smile and another thud. Back in the hall, I start getting comfortable to doze off and I hear the outer door click shut. I look at the clock and make a note that she made good time. Then I hear the front door open and shut. I think she forgot something else. Then once again the outer door clicks shut and all is quiet. eRock has left the building.
I love that girl, but I think I may just start helping her pack the night before….and THAT is why she will never be a ninja.