Leather Helmet

Yesterday was a tough day to be in our household.



It began in the wee hours of morning, for some reason the Prof was not interested in sleeping. And in fact was hoping to play. Suki tried to get him back to sleep. Then I tried. Then Suki tried again and failing, decided to bring him in to our room. A couple of flicks to a portion of my anatomy that is rather sensitive woke me and I reacted poorly. Junior climbed in bed with us and immediately started climbing on my face. Forget that! Back to the nursery with you little man. Finally back to sleep some 2 hours later.



Up early to head to the gastro specialist, the one we had to wait several months to see. Needless to say neither mom or dad were in a particularly great mood. Not bad, but definitely exhausted.



It appears that when I am in this state of sleep dep I am awnry and clumsy...



Two years ago we met and began a climbing partnership. It seemed that I was out to injure Suki with anything...ropes, rocks...It was unintentional and we joked about it. It has been awhile and without incident we've avoided injury.

Yesterday I accidentally kneed her in the face trying to save her from being scalped by a 9 month old, I was imitating our boy's tendancy to climb on us and unfortunately almost gouged her eye out. Then while lounging on the sofa (or couch) I went to imitate a play we just watched on TV and flicked the side of her head. Suki got pissed and issued a anger filled "Jesus Christ, What the fuck?" before I had the chance to say anything. Understand that I was going to apologize, yet was taken back by the reaction, and issued one with some "you gotta be kidding me, you think that was intentional?" tone. She and I were exhausted and it was obvious that neither of us were ourselves.

I went up to apologize and she suggested that she might need a helmet or brick wall built to protect her from my path of destruction. I tried to explain that it was not intentional and accidental. She has a theory that there are no accidents. How do you argue that there are?

At any rate, we slept, we cuddled and woke up in better moods. I'll be picking up a leather helmet on my way home regardless, I get clumsy with poor sleep.

I am truly sorry. I don't wish my partner to be blind with a lumpy head. I like her just the way she is and want to protect her and my nest.