Sleepy creepy

I go upstairs to check the children. On the landing I find one of Babes' shirts, covered in maggot-like insects. They are crawling all over it and I wonder where they could have come from. I go up seven steps to the next floor, and the hall is completely wet. I peek into the study and I find Marie and Jack together on the air mattress. They're meant to be in their own beds, but I leave them there because they are so cute.

From the study I go into my darkened bedroom. Where Charlie's meant to be, there's a big man with an overly large head, sitting in the crib asleep. I think I must be so tired that I'm seeing things that aren't there so I go up to the crib and try to lay the man/Charlie down so he can sleep more comfortably. The man opens his eyes and gives me an icily evil stare while he grabs my arm so hard I cannot run away.

I wake myself up shouting "No, no, no!"

- Sleep does not always equal rest.