Week 36: New Room

 


And here is where your new room will be, sir.

The first thing I want you to be made aware of is the bookcase on the left. Currently, you are in your mum and dad’s room where much of the reading material is about teaching: resources, revision guides and research material. Here it is all fiction. Facts and wonder don't make fine bedfellows, so savour the spirited prose floating overhead.

Just ahead you’ll notice a ball pool as well. This is somewhere you’ll be able to dive into and splash around in sensory play. And the best bit of this particular pool? You can’t get wet. It’s all the fun of swimming without the fuss of getting dry.

To your right you’ll recognise a collection of teddies. These come in all shapes and sizes. Some have been donated, others won on teddy pickers, but whatever their background they’re there to provide you with snuggles and cuddles.

Next to this, you would have noted your own wardrobe. Currently, your parents have had to carry you up or down stairs to get you changed. Now you can transition from sleep to dressed in a matter of seconds. Think of what you could do with that time you save: give more time to nearly rolling over or additional hours to smiling into space. You’re free to use that time as you wish.

And look at that cot bed? The cot you have been sleeping in measures 65cm X 125cm – admittedly, it is on the cosy side. However, your cot bed is 75cm X 145 cm. Your prison bars have been lifted and you’ve been granted release. Have a lie down in it. What does that feel like? Freedom? Why not have a roll around? No longer are you contained and confined, rather you’re free to walk your estate, enjoy the wildlife of the mobile that hangs above you, take in the fresh air emanating from the window nearby.

Yes, I take your point that you will be further away from your mum and dad, but look at it this way: this is your first movement towards independence. You’ve had eight months to get to know them now. You know they have their qualities: pop trivia and proficient nappy changing skills. However, you’ve also learnt they’re a little sad. Your mum watches re-runs of Friends and Modern Family, sitcoms that had their day a long time ago; and your dad has a subscription to The Radio Times, despite not being of pensionable age. It’s better you make your first beeline for freedom now or risk inheriting their embarrassing natures.

Good luck on your new room, sir. I think you’re going to be happy here.

 

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