We visited Auntie Chiffon and Uncle Chez Veto this weekend at their beautiful trailer on the lake. It was an awesome weekend over all.
I love being in nature.
That night when we set up in our tent for four (Beauty decided to sleep with my Mom in the trailer) I went to bed thinking “Wow-I love camping and tents…it is so cozy and wonderful. I love hearing the grasshoppers and crickets. I love waking to the birds in the morning and this air mattress is really comfy and cozy. I love having 3 guys beside me and all being together. What a sweet evening. Love it.”
I mean I do sleep all the time outside at my cottage on a Bali bed-what is the difference really?
I changed my mind somewhere in the middle of the night about tents.
It always seems to happen.
I always seem to start out loving them and then hating them in the middle of the night.
Maybe it had something to do with Chase waking up every 30 minutes and having night terrors and screaming out “Where are my sister and brother!!’” Or Chase accusing me of being a drug addict when at 5am I got up and popped a sleeping pill! Maybe it was the raccoon that unzipped our cooler and ate the 15 homemade cupcakes that I was fantasizing about all evening? Maybe it was the fact that the first part of the night on an air mattress is considerably better than the second part-it gets less cozy and less inflated as the night goes on.
Chase and I were excited to sleep in the tent…then our passion diminished. We are idealists and dreamers. Reality smacks us in the face often like hard bricks
One one side I had Bear and the other my Protector (what a terrible job he did of protecting me that night!)
Before “sleep” I said to both:
”Isn’t this amazing!!! I love sleeping in a tent so much FUN!”
One said” I will let you know what I think in the morning”
The other” Hmm…not sure. Will let you know tomorrow”
Ater those short sentences,both snored quietly the entire night. Both woke up at 9am and said they barely slept. Ya right!!!!!!! I was there...watching your sleep all night.....standards from these two are just way to high! Perfectionists.
Ater those short sentences,both snored quietly the entire night. Both woke up at 9am and said they barely slept. Ya right!!!!!!! I was there...watching your sleep all night.....standards from these two are just way to high! Perfectionists.
Those realist’ twins! Neither could answer a hypothetical question if their lives depended on it.
Anyways so I woke up totally sleepless despite Ativan sleeping pill at 5am. Woke up wanting to stuff my face with a cupcake with extra vanilla icing early morning .Clearly that never happened. But…..but…but….
I had a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend anyways. More than wonderful
And next time we go there..I will still want to sleep in a tent again and look forward to loving it.
I STILL love the IDEA of sleeping in a tentJ
