Good Wayne

Friday, June 04, 2004

Milestone

Last night was the first time in over 2 years that Tine and I had our own bedroom. Since the birth of The Boy we've always had him somewhere about us. The nursery was a converted walk-in closet, so he was always right there.

Once he was put down for the night, you didn't go in our room unless it was absolutely necessary. The floorboards squeak and he has such a hair-trigger that if he awoke, it really meant he was coming downstairs for awhile. You just had decide if you wanted him to be covered in screaming tears and snot first.

But with the completion of the bedroom wall, we finally have a bedroom to ourselves again. Abet a smaller room, but it's ours alone. If we want to leave the light on we can. If you want some piece and quite, there's a place to go. If you want to stay up and read, you don't have to endure the TV anymore. If we want to talk at night we don't have to whisper.

Oh, it's a glorious day all right (now, if I just hadn't woken up at 4:30 this morning, I could be much more cheerful about the whole thing).