Step 21. Man Cave, part three
Playlist: “You Make It Feel Like Christmas”
by Gwen Stephani & Blake Shelton
You know that feeling of time distortion when you wake up late for work? You feel overtly alert and paranoid. You know something is off just based on the amount of light coming in through the windows. That is how I wake up today.
It’s Christmas morning. For the first time in over a decade, I am not being woken up by a child. Usually the screams of a child are not how one wants to wake up. Except today. To not hear it… is oddly off-putting. I check the clock and find that it’s nearly ten in the morning. The kids should be through opening their stockings and eating the breakfast that I still haven’t cooked. It’s unusual for me to sleep through both men getting out bed, even with ho
