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You changed….

You’ve changed…

You used to be reliable, I knew you would come and there you were, bang on seven o clock every single night of the week.

You would arrive and calm would descend upon the madness of my home. Silence would fill the space where children had been seen to battle and the soft scent of peace and quiet would dance round the lounge.

Then suddenly you changed, was it something I said?

I stood forlorn at the window tonight looking for you eagerly but seven o clock came and went and you didn’t come.  Above me I could hear the thundering steps of twin boy as he swung from his bunk like a gorilla under the influence.  I could hear the terrible laughing of twin girl as she egged him on.  Then I heard the smack as he landed hard on his arse and the crack as his outstretched hand walloped his sister in his descent.  I will.be honest, I was bitter because If you had arrived on time this couldn’t have happened.

The wails of anguish began, the baby awoke and more cries rang out.  Steam began to whistle from he who helped create them’s ears.   The gin on the side called to me, but I couldn’t bring myself to pour it into the glass.  I just prayed you were on your way….

I settled the baby, he who helped create them calmed the twins.  I thought I heard you come in, but I was wrong it was merely the sound of twin girl begging for water as she was close to dehydration and without a cup she would surely collapse in the night.  I saw the clock tick towards eight o clock, where the hell were you?

I need you at seven, without you I can’t cook my tea, iron the clothes, watch the tv, or even drink the gin. 

He who helped create them came downstairs and then I knew you were on your way.  I heard the soft snores of bb and twin boy bidding his sister goodnight. The house began to unwind, the silence began.

Over an hour late but finally you came.

And bedtime, I welcomed you with open arms….. (and a glass of gin)

Comments

  1. Merry says

    November 21, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    Oh my goodness, the days of a 7pm bedtime. Must be what, 8 years ago now here!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 21, 2011 at 8:42 pm

      I miss seven, soooooooo much

      Reply
  2. Kelly says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Oh your posts never fail to make me laugh out loud! I love the way you write.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 21, 2011 at 8:42 pm

      Thanks so much, that is a lovely compliment

      Reply
  3. Notmyyearoff says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Ohhh bedtime!! It’s that last hour where i could easily go over the edge!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 21, 2011 at 9:33 pm

      I frequently lose it at this time, it is like patience just upps and leaves my body and sods off down the pub….. without me!

      Reply
  4. mama Syder says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Great post…took me back to when my lot were little and I’d be waiting at the window for hubby to get in, ahhhh the memories x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 21, 2011 at 9:32 pm

      Miss them?

      Reply
  5. Liska says

    November 21, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Oh God. When I finally got Aaron into a bedtime routine…… at the age of ONE, his bedtime is 9:30 ocassionally 8:45 if he is tired…..
    I can’t imagine 7 p.m. but it would be life changing – wow…….
    I guess yours are getting that bit older now hence the +1 in the hour, but has it happened again?
    Liska xxx

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 21, 2011 at 10:10 pm

      To be honest it is me who is never organised enough to get three kids to bed for seven….. In my prime I could get the twins down for six thirty… I miss those days x

      Reply
  6. Middle-aged Matron says

    November 21, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    Brilliant. You sound so calm, though, as you await your release. I shirek foully at my pair if my Beer Moment is delayed by their dallying.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 22, 2011 at 8:01 am

      Lol, I may also be known to shriek, other days I merely sob quietly….

      Reply
  7. mothersalwaysright says

    November 21, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Ah, so THAT’S where bedtime was this evening – messing around at your house. Explains why it didn’t turn up until NINE O’BLOODY CLOCK here.

    Reply
  8. Grenglish says

    November 22, 2011 at 7:20 am

    My 2 year old goes to bed at 7.30pm but it used to be 7pm… sometimes he’ll try and push it to 8pm. I am told he’ll go back to 7pm when he starts school…? Who knows?!

    Reply
  9. graceandme says

    November 22, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    I am clinging onto that 7pm for dear life at the moment. It’s only a pity the Husband wont go off at that time too! x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 22, 2011 at 7:08 pm

      That really made me laugh!

      Have you tried sleeping pills….

      Reply
  10. Expat Mammy says

    November 22, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    he didn’t come til 9pm here, bed time your getting slack!!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 22, 2011 at 8:51 pm

      Glad its not only me

      Reply
  11. Blue Sky says

    November 23, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Just you wait…it’s often 10.30 here these days with aspie boy (10 now) and I am not ‘allowed’ to leave his room until he is asleep. TG for the iPad x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 23, 2011 at 7:29 pm

      10.30?????????????

      wails!

      Reply
  12. AmsterdaMummy says

    November 23, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    That was amazing, I didn’t realise who ‘it’ was until the very end…Thanks

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 23, 2011 at 7:30 pm

      welcome

      Reply
  13. Scottish Mum (@Scottish_Mum) says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    Wait until it doesn’t come around until 10pm !!!!!!!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 24, 2011 at 7:35 am

      Really you are all scaring me, *sobs*

      Reply
  14. SAHMlovingit says

    November 24, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Thankfully we are still on a 7pm bedtime….occasionally it’s 7.30pm. I couldn’t imagine it being any longer – the evening goes quick enough as it is! x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 24, 2011 at 8:57 am

      Do bedtime comes to you before me eh?

      Reply
  15. pigletinapoke says

    November 24, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    If my teens are not in bed by 10PM, I bring out the chainsaw. Take no prisoners, is what I say. x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 24, 2011 at 3:00 pm

      Hilarious but wise all at the same time! Take heed readers!

      Reply
  16. Michelle Twin Mum (@michelletwinmum) says

    November 24, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    Yep, my dasy of 7pm are gone too. Thanskfully with the darker weather I can con the girls a bit and still get them up at that time sometimes but JJ is much happier nearer to 9pm! ekk

    Mich x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 24, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      I managed 7.30 tonight! whoop whoop

      Reply
  17. helloitsgemma says

    November 25, 2011 at 9:10 am

    was it a fox? father christmas? Buddha? no? bedtime??

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      November 25, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      Did I disappoint?

      Reply

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