Kicked in the Back

Last week, I had my nieces and nephews over
for an afternoon and night of some Xbox.

During the night, my nieces slept on my sofabed,
and my nephew slept in my bed.

I had heard that he is a very restless sleeper,
so I was trying to think of how to keep him under control.

I had him sleep under my comforter on one side of the bed,
and I'd sleep on the other side, on top of the comforter.

I used another blanket for myself,
and thought that having this arrangement would keep him from hitting me.

That didn't last long though.
It wasn't soon after he fell asleep that he first hit me in the face.

He was rolling around the bed, flopping his arms around,
hitting me in the face with his hands, and my back with his legs.

Several times he'd be lying sideways,
with his legs pressed into my back.

I went onto the floor at one point,
thinking I could get more sleep this way.

I slept for a while this way,
but then went back onto the bed, because the floor was too hard.

Needless to say, I didn't sleep much that night.

DB