For the third day in a row, I have slept soundly.  I have also been late to wake up.  This is not normal for me.  I am usually an early riser.

So, what is different?

If you recall, last Friday, the chickens, and Loki, the bunny moved to their new home.  It was a sad but exciting day all at the same time.  The home where they animals were going to live, well, they were very exciting at the prospect of new animals.

This past January, I had bought 4 chicks.  They were 4 weeks old when I got them.  I ended up with three hens and one rooster.

I remember when the rooster, Peter, started trying to crow.  He was soooooo cute, making these ridiculous squeaking and squawking noises.  That silly rooster practiced and practiced on his crowing until one day, he finally got it right.

Peter was so proud of himself!  I think he kind of surprised himself a little bit too!  He could really belt it out.

Pretty soon, Peter took it upon himself to welcome in the day.  At 4:30 am.  It didn’t matter that there was not a hint of daylight on the horizon, that was the time he deemed appropriate to wake us up…and wake us up, he did.

We tried to sleep through our wake up call.

Quite frankly, his crow was rather jarring.  I mean, we would be dead to this world and then Peter would let it rip.  He would crow continuously for close to 10 minutes.  We would put pillows around our ears in an attempt to muffle his crowing.

After about 10 minutes, he would stop and we would instantly fall back asleep.  He would be quiet for 20-30 minutes and then he’d start in again.  He would make noise for another 10 minute and then stop again.  He would do this until we got up.  We usually admitted defeat around 6:00-6:30 am.

Since Friday, there has been no Peter to bring in the day.  We have been sleeping!  We have been sleeping great!!!

It has been glorious!

A person could get used to this, you know.   🙂