So, it's 2:29 p.m. right now. But I wanted to give you a little timeline of what's happened the last couple of hours to show just how my mom luck goes:
12:30 - Put Maren down for a nap, start making lunches, Evan and I eat
12:45 - Michael gets home
1:00 - Go read Evan a book. While we're reading, Michael comes in and lays on Evan's bed. I'm no fool. I know what's going to happen here.
1:15 - Done with the book, tell Evan to have a nice nap. He says he wants one more book. I tell him that Dad can read him another one but I've got to go start on my work for the day. So, I go start working.
1:45 - I'm running on not so many hours of sleep lately. I'm really tired. I'm working, but not very effectively. My eyes have been shut for the last 5 minutes which throws off my equilibrium and I can't type as fast. I check to see how much more work I have to get done before my 5 p.m. deadline. One hour! I decide that I will finish the file I'm working on and then take a nap. This is really something because I never take naps! Yesterday when I was so exhausted, I put my head down on the desk for five minutes between work, but I was actually planning on getting my body horizontal this time.
2:00 - I'm done with that file. I head to the couch.
2:01:10 - I lay down, put the blanket on.
2:01:25 - I start thinking about how long I will nap for. I then realize that Maren should be waking up around 2:30. That's the perfect amount of time for a nap. Refreshing but not too long. And I'll still have plenty of time to get my work done. I start to relax. I'm loving life. I'm drifting off.
2:01:35 - I hear Maren wake up and start crying. Yes, it's true. Ten seconds! What's crazy is not that it happened this one time, but that it happens all the time. It doesn't matter if I get into bed at 11:30 p.m. or 2:00 a.m. Only moments later is when Maren decides she needs some middle-of-the-night loves. So now Maren and I are playing, the boys are napping, and I'm not sure when I'm going to get my work done. Lucky for Maren, she's awfully cute. :-)
12:30 - Put Maren down for a nap, start making lunches, Evan and I eat
12:45 - Michael gets home
1:00 - Go read Evan a book. While we're reading, Michael comes in and lays on Evan's bed. I'm no fool. I know what's going to happen here.
1:15 - Done with the book, tell Evan to have a nice nap. He says he wants one more book. I tell him that Dad can read him another one but I've got to go start on my work for the day. So, I go start working.
1:45 - I'm running on not so many hours of sleep lately. I'm really tired. I'm working, but not very effectively. My eyes have been shut for the last 5 minutes which throws off my equilibrium and I can't type as fast. I check to see how much more work I have to get done before my 5 p.m. deadline. One hour! I decide that I will finish the file I'm working on and then take a nap. This is really something because I never take naps! Yesterday when I was so exhausted, I put my head down on the desk for five minutes between work, but I was actually planning on getting my body horizontal this time.
2:00 - I'm done with that file. I head to the couch.
2:01:10 - I lay down, put the blanket on.
2:01:25 - I start thinking about how long I will nap for. I then realize that Maren should be waking up around 2:30. That's the perfect amount of time for a nap. Refreshing but not too long. And I'll still have plenty of time to get my work done. I start to relax. I'm loving life. I'm drifting off.
2:01:35 - I hear Maren wake up and start crying. Yes, it's true. Ten seconds! What's crazy is not that it happened this one time, but that it happens all the time. It doesn't matter if I get into bed at 11:30 p.m. or 2:00 a.m. Only moments later is when Maren decides she needs some middle-of-the-night loves. So now Maren and I are playing, the boys are napping, and I'm not sure when I'm going to get my work done. Lucky for Maren, she's awfully cute. :-)
4 comments:
Oh Memory, the life of a mom. Wish I could say as kids get older that it changes...it does not! I think moms just learn to adapt to no sleep! Good luck!
Oh, I hate it when that happens! Sounds like you need to rejuvinate.
you are the master blogger! Seriously, way cool. I need to get my butt in line. Maybe tomorrow. Or the next day.... :)
Thanks for the compliment, Danielle!! :-) Get your naps in NOW while you can!!!
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