fatvegan

I went to bed pretty late last night. Or at least late for L'Arche. I stayed up watching movies in bed. By time I was through The Life of Others, Zombie Strippers and the first half of Shaolin vs Evil Dead it was about 2am and I decided it was time for sleep.

At about 4am one of my house mates wandering into my room and sat on my bed. She asked me to make her a cup of tea. She couldn't sleep because she was so thirsty. I just wanted to make her go away so I could get back to sleep, so I suggested she go and get a drink of water. I certainly should have known better than that. She really wanted a cup of tea. She kept gripping my hand and telling me she needed a cup of tea and she wouldn't dob.

I was pretty groggy, but a few thoughts went through my head as my friend sat there in negotiations. The main one was really wanting to go back to sleep. The next one was being worried about the risk of encouraging 4am hand-claspings more often by making her a tea this time. I thought I should be firm, because otherwise I could be up every night making cups of tea. However, I finally settled on a different thought. I remember what it was like to wake up in the night and really need a drink. My poor friend can't make herself a drink in the middle of the because there are ingredients to it that she she doesn't have. I can imagine the powerlessness I would feel in that situation. So in the end I agreed to get her the ingredients for the tea if she made it. I got them and went back to bed.

A little while later I had just started to get back to sleep and was looking forward to the next couple of hours in it. Then my friend opened my door and came in and sat on the bed. She had made me a calendar and wanted to give it to me as a present. She spent a time explaining to me how it would help me and help me to remember the evening. I thanked her for it many times. She asked me what time I would be able to get up and make her another cup of tea. I said 8am would be alright. That satisfied her and she trotted off again.

At 8am, she popped in again. She asked for some help with the next cup of tea and took the calendar back. I got her the tea and went back to bed. As I was leaving she said "You can go get some sleep now Ryan." So I went back to bed. Now I'm off to drive to Balmain.