Oh my

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Not yet six in the morning, and Elsa is already up and running, as always. Not a word of "Not so loud, grandma and grandpa are still asleep!" heard from downstairs, on the contrary, son and daughter-in-law are loudly discussing their trip back home and where they'll make a stop to have a coffee and cake and whatever break, while they bring out their breakfast from the kitchen area to the dining table. Blessedly I 'forgot' to clean the small kitchen table from the remnants of yesterday's Halloween party, or I'd have a life link to their conversation, with our kitchen having no doors! Usually six in the morning is also the time I often go back to sleep again after being awake from three in the morning on. Not a chance today, Elsa is wreaking havoc, and she is very good at it! I in her parents position would have bought one of those fabulous clocks for her, where a rising sun announces the moment children are allowed to get up and leave the room. Reading, playing silently in bed is allowed, but no shouting and running free. Oscar and Xaver have one of those clocks each, and it works wonders! After many years having Oscar up at five in the morning each day and his younger brother following his idol, their parents have finally found a way to keep their offspring in line. I am so tempted to buy such a clock for Elsa and have them bring it with them when they are in for another visit!

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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

A clock like that sounds like an excellent idea! Poor you, I'd die if I had to get up so early.

Forgot to add: I did indeed get up that early (and even earlier) when I worked on the other end of our rather big city, as well as in the cloister afterwards, but I've happily deleted such torments from my life in the recent decades. *g*

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