Wake Up Call

The nature of my husband's job is such that at least 2 nights a week, we are at the mercy of his pager. Because his call covers the in-patients of 4 surgeons and ER/trauma call, it is quite rare to have a "quiet night." Combine that with the fact that his alarm goes off (for the first time :) at 5:15 and it makes for an unusually noisy nighttime and early morning. In our former house, our master bedroom was on the main floor and the children were upstairs. In the new house, we are all upstairs with hardwoods in every room...so sound carries BIG TIME.

I have evolved to be a very heavy sleeper as a result of the pager and the phone. I am, literally, now able to sleep through his pager, his alarm clock and extended phone calls with the hospital (which occasionally happen simulataneously.) In the true spirit of motherhood, I somehow still have supersonic hearing as it relates to the nighttime sniffling, coughing, or restlessness of my children.

Despite all of this, I was still quite amused yesterday morning to wake up to the sound of K's sweet little sleepy voice from the down the hall saying, "Dad-dee! Get! yo'! pager!" Seems he had been "snoozing" the alarm for several minutes. We had both managed to sleep right through it. The sound of our little girl's voice was definitely a much sweeter (and entertaining) wake up call!