Extra sleep or extended day?

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 05 Nov 2021
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Every day she wakes at 7,
today it will be 6.
“Breakfast at 8,”
but that will be too late
today
and the snack will have to be at 10
instead of 11.

Maybe we can stretch out
the morning’s end
so lunchtime can come
at the usual 1
(not 12)
then all the kids and you and me
will be shifted to GMT!
and tomorrow our routine can again resume
at 7 (or thereabouts)
with her rising rousing happy shouts.

[IP: the hour]

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

It's extraordinary how much we notice even an hour isn't it? (even adults!)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Well, I often feel sorry for parents hearing they are to have an extra hour sleep and ruefully realising that they will be awoken as usual,  but to find the clock says an hour earlier but they can't take advantage of it and during the day are trying to pull the established routine back to the 'new' times! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Turlough on

I'm never quite sure what time it is on any day of the year, and often even what day it is. Also, I live in a different time zone to my family and probably most of the people I communicate with on the Internet. And to top it all I live in a country that's years behind the times. I feel like I've gained and lost my extra hour several times in the space of a week.

Turlough

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Must make for interest anyway! At our stage of life it is easier to be flexible, and adds interest. Bit more difficult to shift young children, especially when some sort of routine has just got established! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I always enjoy your poems about seeming small domestic things, maybe because as they unite us all, they are actually very important

I love "her rising, rousing happpy shouts" (although hope they are not rousing you at 7 :0)

Good to see you writing again, too :0) Hope you are feeling better every day

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Di. I think progressing OK, though some ups and downs and slows!

We are distant enough not to hear the early morning cries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I would think it is a good idea to be a bit flexible and not have a too rigid schedule. Life is often very unpredictable!

Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

True! But I think all parents of young children are glad when some sort of routine sort-of gets established, and the kids seem to expect it in the end, and that hour-change does make at least the next day a bit strange for all! At least it is only one hour! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Not quite jet lag hey?!