I'm Back - I Think

I unannouncedley (and that is too a word in my world!) went on a blogging hiatus. I didn't really mean to but it happened. I was really thinking that over the week I would fall into some sort of routine and the blogging time would magically work it's way into my schedule.

But obviously that didn't happen. So I've now decided that if I want to actually do this "blog" thing then I need to suck it up and drive on. Which reminds me by the way of a magnet I have on my fridge:

(Sorry about the glare but I barely have time to blog! Do you really think I have time to fix that!)

So here I am. I hope that during my hiatus I didn't loose all of my readers, if I actually did in fact have any to begin with.....

So what have I been doing with all my time that I'm not blogging you ask?

Well between getting the kids to school/daycare, going to the gym, meeting with clients, picking the kids up, feeding them dinner, going to soccer 3 nights a week, putting them to bed and getting a cold for the second time in less then two weeks - NOTHING!

I'm really having a hard time comprehending why my world just seems so f'ed up right now. I can't seem to come up with a routine to save my life! Before we went to VA for the summer I felt that I had things under control. While we only had sports two nights a week - I really can't see how one extra night is throwing my schedule off so far! And Boy 2 is in daycare full-time now so you would think I would have extra time - but I don't!

The only thing I have been able to do in any sort of routine is get to the gym first thing after dropping the kids at daycare. And in case you're wondering - I've lost 9 pounds so far!! Yay Me! I have some stories to tell about the gym but those will have to come at a later time as now I'm off to pick the kids up.

Hopefully I'll be able to get something up tomorrow besides rambling and complaining.

Sleep Deprived

So things have just not gotten back into a normal routine since we've been back. Well actually most things have but my sleeping schedule has not. I have become such a light sleeper that even the slightest noise will wake me up.

Seriously, I wake up 10-15 times a night! And it could be for various things.

Take for instance, one night:

11:20 - dog footsteps. I think it's a kid so I get up to check on them.

12:00 - exhaust vent thingy outside falling during a storm. (yes, noises outside) I have no idea what it is so I rush upstairs to see what it is and can't find anything. (The next day I found the cause of the noise)

1:30 - alarm system beeping. Sensor 4 (bathroom window) low battery. (Are you kidding me!!)

2:15 - more footsteps. I get up to check again and nothing - the dog is sleeping. I must of imagined it.

3:30 - waking up for no apparent reason.

5:00 - Boy 2 up playing in his crib. (I can hear it through the monitor)

6:00 - Boy 2 screaming to get up.

6:05 - The alarm goes off!

The next night:

11:16 - Boy 2 awake playing in his crib.

11:47 - Boy 2 awake and screaming! I go upstairs to comfort him. However, every time I go to walk out of the room he screams again. He picks his head up every two seconds to ensure I'm still there.

12:12 - I give up and go back downstairs. Boy 2 is still screaming and I'm hoping he'll stop soon before waking up Boy 1 and Girl.

12:18 - Girl comes downstairs to inform me Boy 2 is screaming. (Duh!!) I tell her to go back upstairs.

12:45ish - I finally fall asleep.

1:50 - I wake up and swear I hear breathing. I think it's the dog. I look around no dog in sight and door still closed. I must have imagined it.

3:40 - Footsteps. Again they appear to be imaginary as I can't find the source of them.

5:00 - Boy 2 awake and playing in crib.

6:05 - Alarm goes off.

And I could go on for just about every night in the past two weeks! Same thing - every night!

By Friday I was exhausted. I skipped the gym and came home. (Only after driving all the way to the gym and sitting in the parking lot...) I slept from 8am to noon! I woke up and figured I was just taking the day off :-)

I did get some good sleep over the weekend though. Back in the arms of Shitface this weekend, I slept sound as could be. And he let me sleep in both Sunday and Monday until 10am!! It was awesome.

Of course last night back here in Maryland - I slept like CRAP - Again!

Maybe one night things will get back to normal...until then expect in frequent posting as I never know if I'll be too tired to think of something worth while to blog about.

Wish me luck!!

From the Mouth of....

First I'd like to start by telling you I'm sorry about my absence the past few days. I'm really still trying to get back into the swing of things and then this weekend we went down to visit Shitface in Virginia so he would have to drive home. But more of all of that to come later....

Back to the post at hand....

Boy 1 really didn't say anything great this week. (Or maybe it's that things have been so chaotic that I haven't been able to take note of them??)

Anyway, I had to pull from his journal (pre-blog) for something for today's From the Mouth of...

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Preface:
We were all in the truck. Boy 1 was in the third row seat, Girl and Boy 2 were in the second row seat. Boy 1 and Girl were arguing (about who knows what – they do this all the time these days) and Boy 1 says:

Boy 1: Girl, stop acting like an ackjass

Me: A what?

Boy 1: An ackjass

Me: Do you mean a jackass?

Boy 1: Yea, that is it – a jackass!

Me: Ok, don’t ever say that word again!