TGIF

It's been a very long, very exhausting week of working full-time and parenting by myself--which unfortunately this week meant dealing with a baby who suddenly refused to sleep through the night four nights in a row. I can't actually survive and remain sane on 4-5 hours of sleep for four nights. Luckily, last night she did fine but I woke up on my own around 4:45, which turned out to be a good thing because the power had gone out earlier in the evening and my alarm clock was no longer operating. (I have my phone set for backup, but still...I have to keep it in the bathroom or it interferes with the baby monitor.)

Anyhow....there are only 13 more school days before track-out (and then one workday) so I'm trying to hang in there until I can return to the days of staying in pajamas and taking naps if the kid doesn't sleep at night. ;o) Since we still have to pay for day care over my vacation whether Ava is there or not, I will be taking her in for a couple days a week, probably just four or five hours or so at a time. That way she stays used to it and I can use the time to run errands, clean the house, and maybe even get in a little time to myself and go to the pool or to lunch or something. Why not?

That's all....I'm still really tired since, even with Ava sleeping, I only got about 7 hours of sleep at best and what I really need is a good, solid 8-9. Switched to herbal tea instead of coffee this morning, hopefully less caffeine will improve my mental state. I may not be as awake but at least I should be a little less psycho....