2am is not the time to deal with meandering cows. (No, that wasn’t an auto-correct.)
Waking up to find yourself being head-butted by a full-size cow is not the most pleasant of experiences. It’s enough to make anyone get up and move positions.
But when the cow is a clever cow and follows you around the house, sleep becomes impossible.
The thing is, you can always get rid of a real cow. But how do you get rid of an imaginary cow?
So there’s where you find my husband (at 3am, after all logic fails) rolling up his pyjama sleeves and dramatically opening a window, scooping up the cow, throwing her out and slamming the window shut behind her.
Ah, peace and quiet.
If you have a child whose imagination tends to run away with them, you may find yourself reverting to all kinds of ridiculous manoeuvres to get your night’s sleep.
It doesn’t need to be that way.
You can harness that power of imagination to control the scary thoughts. Close your eyes, see that cow in front of you. Now take the anti-cow spray and spray the cow. She’s running away! Look how she’s spreading her ears and flying! She’s gone.
A life skill. A super power. A good night’s sleep.
