randomkid
09-26-2007, 11:27 PM
In a recent meeting, the topic of caring for yourself and getting enough sleep was addressed. My supervisor asked "Who gets 6 hours of sleep or less?" I raised my hand along with just a couple of other people. She then asks "Why? You should really make the effort to take care of yourself." Now, she's a Mom and divorced, but she is so super organized it's enviable. My life is great, but timing never seems to go well for me.
So, let's recap today's events and see why I get less than 6 hours of sleep with only one child...
6:15 - wake up, shower, get ready for work
7:25 - get DD up, get her ready for her 2nd week at her new daycare
7:55 - ready to leave, but DD is crying and doesn't want to go
8:10 - drop DD off and head to work
8:55 - get to work - good traffic day. Supposed to work 5.5 hours, have enough work assigned for 6-6.5 hours, but it takes 7.
4:30pm - leave work, but it's raining, so it takes 45 minutes to get to the DCP's home
5:15 - pick up DD
5:30 - leave for home with a very cranky DD as the sitter tells me she didn't nap today. Great! She also didn't go to sleep until after 10:00 last night. She was in bed, just not sleeping.
5:45 -stop at grocery store
6:25 - get home - (DD should be in the tub)- empty car, feed the dog, etc. Let dog out and push him into grass since he is now peeing right outside the door as he is 15yo and too lazy to walk 5 more feet. Hear the door slam, whip around and run to the door to find DD has locked it! I begin to panic since my parents are out of town and DH is at least 45 minutes from home and on his way out of town. Run to front door and beg DD to unlock it, thinking this will be easier to unlock than the back door. She thinks this is funny and is yelling "No! Go away Mommy" Look through front door and see back door is not completely locked, deadbolt just turned a little. Go back to door and shake it with all my might and it opens - Thank you, Lord!
7:00 - make a quick dinner and eat fast
7:30 - DD in tub and acting like a wild woman because she is so tired from no sleep.
8:45 - DD finally in bed. I collapse on couch, watch Kitchen Nightmares and eat ice cream (I feel I deserve it)
Losing track of time - get up and clean kitchen, start lunches for tomorrow. It's getting late - maybe I'll make it to bed by 11:30 - nope, maybe 12:00. One last thing to do and I hear the dog wretching! He's puking on the carpet - two rooms have carpet and the rest of the house is hard flooring. Just HAD to puke on the carpet, huh? Go to see the damage - two piles of undigested food (TMI, I know) and pee - because he's old, and apparently the strain of vomiting made him pee.
Clean up the mess, finish my last bit of getting ready for tomorrow and am so irritated, I come here to vent.
Current time? 12:30am
Time to get up in am? 6:15am! You do the math.
Thanks for the vent, and if you made it this far, I appreciate it.
Good Night
So, let's recap today's events and see why I get less than 6 hours of sleep with only one child...
6:15 - wake up, shower, get ready for work
7:25 - get DD up, get her ready for her 2nd week at her new daycare
7:55 - ready to leave, but DD is crying and doesn't want to go
8:10 - drop DD off and head to work
8:55 - get to work - good traffic day. Supposed to work 5.5 hours, have enough work assigned for 6-6.5 hours, but it takes 7.
4:30pm - leave work, but it's raining, so it takes 45 minutes to get to the DCP's home
5:15 - pick up DD
5:30 - leave for home with a very cranky DD as the sitter tells me she didn't nap today. Great! She also didn't go to sleep until after 10:00 last night. She was in bed, just not sleeping.
5:45 -stop at grocery store
6:25 - get home - (DD should be in the tub)- empty car, feed the dog, etc. Let dog out and push him into grass since he is now peeing right outside the door as he is 15yo and too lazy to walk 5 more feet. Hear the door slam, whip around and run to the door to find DD has locked it! I begin to panic since my parents are out of town and DH is at least 45 minutes from home and on his way out of town. Run to front door and beg DD to unlock it, thinking this will be easier to unlock than the back door. She thinks this is funny and is yelling "No! Go away Mommy" Look through front door and see back door is not completely locked, deadbolt just turned a little. Go back to door and shake it with all my might and it opens - Thank you, Lord!
7:00 - make a quick dinner and eat fast
7:30 - DD in tub and acting like a wild woman because she is so tired from no sleep.
8:45 - DD finally in bed. I collapse on couch, watch Kitchen Nightmares and eat ice cream (I feel I deserve it)
Losing track of time - get up and clean kitchen, start lunches for tomorrow. It's getting late - maybe I'll make it to bed by 11:30 - nope, maybe 12:00. One last thing to do and I hear the dog wretching! He's puking on the carpet - two rooms have carpet and the rest of the house is hard flooring. Just HAD to puke on the carpet, huh? Go to see the damage - two piles of undigested food (TMI, I know) and pee - because he's old, and apparently the strain of vomiting made him pee.
Clean up the mess, finish my last bit of getting ready for tomorrow and am so irritated, I come here to vent.
Current time? 12:30am
Time to get up in am? 6:15am! You do the math.
Thanks for the vent, and if you made it this far, I appreciate it.
Good Night