That Time of Day

There is a "children's" book for adults called, "Go the F**k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach. This book partly inspired me to start this blog, as Adam was a parent brave enough to say, yeah, my kids drive me batty at bedtime and wrote a book about about with the F word in it that was at once hilarious and an anthem for beleaguered parents everywhere. Many of you know this book but for those who have not had the pleasure, please enjoy this sample:

"The windows are dark in the town, child.

The whales huddle down in the deep.

I’ll read you one very last book if you swear

You’ll go the fuck to sleep

All the kids from day care are in dreamland.

The froggie has made his last leap.

Hell no, you can’t go to the bathroom.

You know where you can go? The fuck to sleep

The cubs and the lions are snoring,

Wrapped in a big snuggly heap.

How is it you can do all this other great shit

But you can’t lie the fuck down and sleep?"

Now this type of humor may not be for everyone, but it's right up my alley. What parent cannot relate to this scenario of a child not going to bed at his scheduled time? It's the only time of day where parents reclaim the house and have the ever coveted peace-and-quiet. Watch a TV show without interruption, check email without interruption, have a complete thought, you guessed it, without interruption.

Maybe you could even have sex with your partner! Wouldn't that be grand?! Its 9pm; you've both worked 8+ hours, made dinner, gave baths, picked up the house that looks like a tornado swept thru even though you just picked up 2 HOURS AGO, wrangled kids to bed for 45 minutes and now for the 1st time all damn day you have a moment to yourself. Feeling sexy?? FUCK NO you're not. You're exhausted. You're pissed that you're exhausted. You would LOVE to have sex with your partner! But in the 1st 30 seconds of you sinking into the couch sans kids, your body taps out. Your mind is frazzled. As you blearily stare at the TV, all you can think of is that project at work, that deadline you need to meet, those bills your need to pay. You feel your partner sitting next to you; they are in a similar state of delirium. You cuddle up to one another, comforted in the mutual understanding of the situation. And instead of sharing a passionate kiss that turns into hot sex, you fall asleep together, only waking when one of you starts snoring.