Thank goodness Halloween is over. Every kid I teach came to school today with a large bag of Halloween candy they stole from their younger brothers and sisters. They were bouncing off the walls! My own kids aren't exactly calm... Sam keeps "falling" in the floor. He is getting on my nerves with it, too. Lily got up at 4am and climbed in bed with me talking up a storm. She crashed last night after all the candy but I think the sugar kicked in again this morning and got her up. One good thing came from her getting up so early... she woke Brad up and asked him to cook her bacon and eggs. I guess he felt guilty (that or bacon and eggs sounded really good to him, too) cause he got up and cooked breakfast around 6am. I slept until around 6:15 and then ended up at work a few minutes earlier than usual. Worked out rather nicely, except that I am sleepy now (having been in and out of sleep that last bit of the morning).
Tonight was the first night we were able to stay at home this week so I actually cooked supper. I made pork chops, pintos, greens, cornbread and tea. And I don't mind saying that it was really good.
Brad left to go to a scout meeting at 7, then called a few minutes later to say he was mistaken about his meeting and he was going to the sale barn instead. I wish he would sit still every once in a while! He is constantly on the go and then I feel guilty for ever sitting down to relax. He and I have been sort of pissy at each other lately. I get mad at him because he can't get up in the morning. He gets mad at me when I go to bed at night. I usually go around 10 o'clock but he will stay up until midnight or 1am regularly. He says he gets sleepy, comes to bed, then can't go to sleep. He'll stay up and do laundry, which I appreciate, but we end up never having any time together because our schedules are so opposite. I need him to do a better job in the morning because as he sleeps late, I have to get the kids ready and then it ends up making me late for work. I like to leave around 7:15 but I can't usually get out of the house until 7:30, which causes me to hit bus traffic. I have explained this to him, it gets better for about a week, and then it slowly returns back to the same old same old. And when he makes sassy little comments to me when I tell him I'm going to bed, I end up making sassy comments back about how one of us has to be able to get up the next morning...and it continues from there. I just don't know how to solve this problem because I really think he has some legitimate sleep problems. Anyway... this problems recurs with us... it sorts itself out and gets better for a spell, then it will come back with a vengeance. I guess right now it's just peaking because I'm about to paddle his head with my shoe to get him moving!
Trying not to spend this whole post complaining (sorry, I'm still working on that...I am too much like my Granny), I AM thankful that my husband helps out around the house, even if it is in the middle of the night. It is nice to get up and see all the laundry baskets empty and all the clothes folded. I am also thankful that tomorrow is FRIDAY! :)
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Go to CVS and get Brad a bottle of 3mg Melatonin. I have been taking it for a few months now and it really works great. I have a bunch of previously sleepless people at work hooked on it. Tell him to take one at 9:30, he'll be ready for bed when you are.
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