the pains of parenting

As I was headed up stairs to go to bed just now, mzhotspur wandered out of her room and said "I need to cuddle.".

She was like unto a limpet attached to my chest for maybe five minutes. Then all of a sudden she was done, so I carried her back to bed, tucked her in, got a promise that I could give her a kiss tomorrow, and went off on my way.

Woe is me. Woe.