I shouldn’t be surprised that Kate is sleeping late this morning. After all, she got up at 6:00 yesterday morning and didn’t rest at all during the day. This is a day for the sitter. I wanted her to get up so that we could have lunch together before Mary arrives. At 10:00, I put on some soft music to gently wake her. When she hadn’t shown any sign of life at 10:30, I turned up the volume a bit. At 10:45, I sat down on the bed beside her and rubbed her shoulder. She opened her eyes and quickly shut them. I stayed with her a few minutes and told her I would love to take her to lunch. She gave me a little smile. In another minute, she was frowning. I decided to let her sleep some more, but I left the music up. About ten minutes later, she came into the family room looking a bit confused. I asked if I could help her. She said, “What do I do now?” I told her she could take a shower. I walked her into the bedroom and showed her the clothes that she had picked out last night. Then she said, “I want to go back to bed.” I told her that would be fine. That is where she is right now. I’ll just let her sleep. Mary will be able to take her to lunch when she arrives.
