Today I am...

my little happy calendar at work

Wearing... grey dress, pink tights, houndstooth Sorel boots, white puffy coat, red/white stocking cap, black/white/red mittens.  Rocking the snowstorm fashion. 

Listening to...  Def Lepard, Joan Jett, Duran Duran.  Its 80's on Pandora people!  Whats not to love?

Trying to remember... that some day bedtime battles will be over and that I will miss snuggling those cranky little people that live in my house. 

Drinking... lots and lots of coffee.  3 am starts to the day will do that to a girl. 

Playing... Candy Land (always the yellow piece) and Go Spidey (marvel's version of Go Fish).

Laughing... at Dottie's constant need to "shake her booty" even if she prefers to do so without underwear. 

Wishing... Charlie was a better sleeper, how can such a happy daytime baby be such a crabby night time baby?

Looking forward to... seeing Barb this weekend and Luke's wrestling tournament. 

Get Some....Zzzzz's That Is

We are all tired, right?  You would think, then, when the opportunity presents itself to climb into our cozy comforted beds we would do so and let the world slip by.  

I have had several conversations with folks about insomnia in the past few days.  I have always had a problem sleeping - restless my whole life.  I have learned some tricks and hope you will share yours too. 

1)  No tv in the bedroom.  Taking my tv out of my bedroom was a huge step and did work, for awhile.  

2)  Drink something hot before I go to bed.  (tea usually but I love hot toddy's in the winter).  

3)  Keep the room cold.  If my bedroom is hot, I will not sleep.  I also cannot sleep if my feet are "tucked in".

4)  Mind games.  Seriously, I need to distract myself from my daily anxieties.  So.  I do the following little games to keep my mind occupied enough to relax.

• Spell my friends names backwards to forwards
• list ingredients to a pizza from A to Z
• list halloween candy from A to Z (this was tricky)
• try to come up with famous names that are AA BB CC (Abigail Adams, Burt Baccarat, Courtney Cox) all the way to ZZ (Zig Ziegler, just in case you were wondering)

Most nights, these do the trick, but lately it hasn't been falling asleep that is the problem, it is going back to sleep after I have woken up in the night with Charlie.  Last night I was up from 2-430.  I just should have gotten up an done some laundry - at least then the time would have been productive!

Any fellow insomniacs out there? 

True Romance

Some people may have visions of romance looking like this.   

Cute, fashionable couple.  Highly accessorized, sharing a pumpkin spice latte. 

But friends, know the truth.  Romance?  It looks like two haggard parents of three children four and under.  In their PJs.  One sleeping on the couch with a baby recovering from an ear infection.  One sleeping with a thrashing soon to be three year old.  An accumulative 5 hours of sleep between them. 

Sexy?  A husband who blearily delivers you coffee while you are trying to look cute for work in the 10 minutes you have to get ready - in the dark so you don't wake said almost three year old. 

Someday we will be well accessorized.  And drinking pumpkin spice lattes in a park. 

Right?  RIGHT?