I mentioned a post or two ago that I gave Nate a down comforter for Christmas. He opened it early when the power was out and we were facing a cold night.

I bought a King sized comforter for our Queen sized bed in the hopes that I’d actually get to sleep under it, too. Well, that lasted two days. It has gradually gotten worse until this morning, I woke up to this.

I’ve been awake during the process, and this is how it works. Every time he moves, he ratchets covers. A lot of them. With the last comforter, I’d feel him start to stir, and I’d grab the blanket and hold on until he’d settle again. With this comforter, it doesn’t help. He’s taking it, and unless I want to risk ripping, I’ve got to let it go.

This is complicated by the fact that Clark isn’t sleeping well, and comes into our bed sometime in the middle of the night. If I want to re-claim my fair share (or any share, fair or not) of covers, I risk waking the babe and being awake a lot longer than I would be if I just lay there cold.

I think I’m just grumpy because I’m not sleeping well. Aside from being frequently interrupted, I usually have to sleep in a less that comfortable position to accommodate the babe.

The last few nights, I’ve had to be uncomfortable and cold. Oh, and let’s not forget that I’ve been unable to shake this pseudo-cold for a couple weeks now. If we had a guest bedroom, I’d be there in a heartbeat, probably with earplugs in and the door locked.

I’ve tried to not bring Clark into my bed recently. I’ve tried feeding him a bottle in the crib, or nursing him in the living room. He gets mad and screams, half awake and unreasonable, and nothing I do will make him happy until I take him into bed. Of course, if he’s mad enough, even that isn’t enough and I just have to wait it out a couple hours.

I know this is boring, and I’m whining, and I should shut up.

Today, I’m trying to clean my house, wrap a few presents, and make one more stop on the shopping list to pick up a few little things. If the weather stays nice (not likely) I promised the girls we’d go to a park and practice for softball tryouts coming up in February.

I worked on the argyle stocking yesterday, finishing the leg and weaving in most of the ends. I’m hoping to finish the legwarmeres today, then I’ll focus exclusively on the stocking.