Real Life Minesweeper

Have you ever played Minesweeper? It's the game on your computer where you click the little squares trying to find the color boxes and avoid the bombs? I was never very good at it, and I am probably telling you how to play it wrong. All I know is I ALWAYS find the bombs.

Same holds true to my real life game of Minesweeper. Tristan is a VERY light sleeper. In fact if I hit one these keys too hard on the keyboard while typing this he will most likely wake up. If he hears the kitty outside the closed office door he might wake up, or even hear her bell. I have white noise playing hoping it will drown out a lot of it, but sometimes it is just not strong enough.

Now I am not talking just slightly wake up. Oh no, that is too easy and God forbid Tristan does anything easy. He will full blown wake up. Jolt up, pushes up with his hands and looks around like "Hey where am I? What are we doing? Is it time to play/eat/walk?" And then you are starting the process over to get him back to sleep. UGH!

So I know your asking where the game Minesweeper comes in.Well at some point we need to get Tristan in his crib at night (I WISH he would go there for naps.) Our bedtime routine always included white noise (found in the office.) So you get him to sleep and he is over your shoulder. If  you make it from the sitting position to the standing position without waking him up it's a miracle. Then you will slowly move to open the office door. If he doesn't wake up after opening the door it's a second miracle. Into the hallway and next thing you know SQUEEEEK (BOMB) the floorboards make noise and Tristan is awake. Damn it! So you repeat the chair, door, you remember where you stepped last time so you avoid it. Your able to take a few more steps till SQUEEEK(ANOTHER BOMB) it happens again. Shit! Ok so chair, door, slide left to avoid bomb one, slide right to avoid bomb two and you finally reach Tristan's room when SQUEEEEEEEK (DOUBLE BOMB) you realize the entire area under Tristan's door frame is a major bomb. Off to try again. Chair, door, slide left, slide right, large front slide-hop and you make it to Tristan's room. One last obstacle...laying him down. If you accomplish that life is good and you have just wittnessed 4 miracles 1.Chair 2.Door 3.Bombs 4.Laying down!! (Just be sure to avoid the double bomb on the way out.)