The Thing Under My Bed...

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift    

This is the genius of Stephen King; he has a knack of tapping into those fears we all have inside us. This is one of my favourite quotes from him, and I mentioned it to Perfect Husband the other day, and thus we had a big conversation about how incredibly true this is! I bet most of us are completely fine getting into and out of bed when there's company in the house; but when we are alone how many of us take a flying leap from the doorway straight onto the bed, or sternly tell ourselves there's nothing there and we are not children any more but Grown Ups, yet we still move like lightning when at the last minute our resolve snaps and we are 6 years old again, and there is most definitely Something Under The Bed. I can tell you for certain that each night when I bend down to plug my iphone into the charger next to the bed if there are a pair of eyes staring out at me...
a. I will not be at all surprised
b. There will be a Claire-shaped hole in the wall, reminiscent of those old Tom and Jerry cartoons
Fortunately so far this hasn't happened, but you have to be prepared.
So today's Work of Art is my rendition of those bedtime moments....