Mike's musings

Sleep

Jo continues to remember how to sleep. This is a Good Thing [tm]. Last night, she went to sleep at around 1845, and, apart from one waking for a feed at around 0345, slept through to 0745, when I woke her up by going downstairs to get some tea and feed the cats. This is the third night in a row where she's slept for a sensible amount of time, and I think her having got over her cold must have coincided with a new phase where she's ready to sleep.

Now, if only we could learn to sleep properly as well! We seem to have forgotten: partly because we're still tuned in to hearing every little snuffle on the monitor, to be able to dash into her room and comfort her before she wakes up properly, and partly because we've, well, just got used to waking in the middle of the night. And then early in the morning. I, for one, am waking around 0600 in the mornings at the moment - and taking a while to get back to sleep. If we can all learn to sleep properly, things will be fantastic.

Another tutorial this evening, this time on the Old Testament Apocrypha. I chose to read Judith, Additions to Daniel and 2 Maccabees (I think it was 2, not 1), as well as the supporting literature. I selected Maccabees because it's been used in the past as a theological foundation for praying for the dead, a practice which the Protestant churches (in which category I include the Church of England) reject (as they reject the Old Testament Apocrypha from the Biblical Canon).

Music today

• Kyrie - Guillaume de Machaut (Messe de Nostre Dame)
• Rollercoaster - Sleeper (Pleased To Meet You)
• Master And Servant - Depeche Mode (101 (Disc B))
• Heart - Pet Shop Boys (PopArtMix (Limited Edition Box Set) - The Hits CD1 Pop)
• I'm Waiting For The Day - Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
• Roxy Music / Avalon - Various (Cellnet - The Classic Collection)
• Texarkana - REM (Out Of Time)
• Left Hand - Crowded House (Live)
• Golden Gate Quartet / Go where I send thee - Various (Gospels & Spirituals: CD 1)
• Sea Pictures, Op.37 - I. Sea Slumber-Song - Edward Elgar (Cello Concerto,Op.85 & Sea Pictures Op.37)
• love and affection (remix) - Joan Armatrading (The very best of Joan Armatrading)
• What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys (Discography)
• "Fasch" Trio in c, S. 585 - Adagio - Christopher Herrick (Bach Organ Miniatures - CD2)
• Dire Straits - Twisting by the pool - 100% summer (100% summer)
• Mellow Moods - Bob Marley (Natural Mystic)
• Stolen Car - Beth Orton (Central Reservation)
• Green Eyes - Coldplay (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
• Only A Nothern Song (1999 remix) - The Beatles (Yellow Submarine Songtrack)
• Fascinating Rhythm - Various (Charleston)
• Colonel Bogey - The Grimethorpe Colliery Band (Brassed Off)
• Danny Boy - The Grimethorpe Colliery Band (Brassed Off)