This is our fourth year in Guayaquil - tenth in Ecuador. And for the last four years we've had a low-key battle about night-time temperatures. We solved our problems in Quito with a dual control electric blanket - actually, that was Grace's solution and blanket. Mike and I don't think that creatively. When we were preparing to marry we met with P. Ken and Norma Asplund for counsel - among others. I remember something Norma said, "Solve your problems. If one of you squeezes the toothpaste tube in the middle and the other neatly rolls it up from the bottom, don't fight about it. Buy two tubes of toothpaste!"
We're kind of slow on this kind of conflict resolution. After three years of battling over air-conditioning at night (I didn't want it cause it blows in my head and Mike did want it.) it FINALLY dawned on me last week to move the bed to a place where the air doesn't hit my head. Duh! Just in time. The rainy season - summer here - just started, and we were not off to a good start in the cold war department. But thanks to Norma Asplund, we're sleeping well.
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I think you and mom should write a book on this stuff... you could have a section on sleeping arrangements, and mom could write the section on what to do when you send your child to his room and he plays the flute for half an hour in an attempt to drive you insane...
I actually thought about that story and the fact that you told me you were tucking away little pieces of advice when I wrote this. Your mom is amazed that I have had some success with sleeping arrangements - 'tis much more difficult than one might think when they are in the cuddling stage!
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