Sleep Deprived

Have you ever gone to bed wired? I hate it when I go to bed wired. Here is a brief summary of the bustle in my brain Monday night…..

“Oh, what a day. Work was so busy tonight. I hate getting home so late. It is already midnight.

These sheets feel so good.

Did I lock the door when I came up the stairs? I am pretty sure I did. Yah I think I remember doing it.

Rachel Ray had such a good recipe today. I need to try it. She always used too much red pepper flakes. I will have to cut down on that.

What am I going to do with the head of cabbage that I bought the other day? I never buy cabbage. I only bought it because it was on sale for St. Patrick’s Day. Do you boil it? I know people eat it. Maybe I could put it in some kind of Chinese dinner or something. It will probably just go bad.

I hope I locked the door.

I can’t believe I just spent $160 at Sam’s Club. I need to stop going there. Well at least limit the number of times I go each month.

Gosh it is hot in here. Is the ceiling fan on high?

Randy is not having a problem sleeping. He is snoring already.

The batteries in Claire’s swing are going dead. I need to stop buying batteries at Honk’s 1.05 store. What a stupid store. I can’t believe they charge an extra $0.05. Well it must not be that bad because I keep going back.

Did Brad play with the thermostat. It is deathly hot in here.

Oh, it is 1:00 in the morning. Where did that last hour go? I NEED to fall asleep. Claire will be up soon.

“Head under water and you tell me to breathe easy for a while…. “That is a good song. I should download it tomorrow. It is so catchy.

What am I going to do for Easter dinner? Maybe I will make a big breakfast instead. We don’t have church until 1:00, and Randy does not have any meetings. Yah….what a good idea. I need to call mom and get her cinnamon roll recipe.

I can’t believe that Steven won a motorized cooler.

Randy is snoring louder. I am jealous that he is still sleeping.

Stop thinking!!!!!!

“Head under water and you tell me to breathe easy for a while”…. I really really like that song. Maybe I should think of the whole song and I can mentally sing myself to sleep.

That didn’t work.

Oh my gosh…. It is 2:00. I need a sedative.

(This is the part where I get out of bed and rummage through the medicine cabinet for some kind of sleep remedy)

Where is the Tylenol PM??? It can’t be gone. Shoot. We are out of Benadryl too!!! I am going back to bed. Maybe I will wake Randy and have him hit me over the head with a frying pan.

I need to make sure I bathe both the kids tomorrow. They have a Dr. Apt with Shakula. I can’t remember what time my appointment is. Oh well, I am sure I made it in the afternoon.

I forgot to buy rice cereal for Claire while I was at the store. Now I have to make a special trip to the store just for a little box.

What if my appointment is at 8:00? I might miss it. No, it can’t be.

I must be thinking too loud. Brad is awake. Please don’t wake up Claire. Oh good he just needs to go to the bathroom.

(This is the part where I get up again to help Brad get back into bed. He sometimes forgets to stay quiet)

OK. Kids are back in bed. I might as well walk downstairs to make sure I locked the door and to check what time my appointment is. Whew it is at 1:30 plenty of time. I did lock the door, what was I so stressed about.

Okay breathe in and out. I will be asleep in no time.

Ahhrrrggg.... Look at that pile of laundry in the corner. We just did laundry. Unbelievable. It never ends.

We need to sign Bradley up for T-Ball. It is spring and we have not even registered him yet. I hope there is still space available.

Stop thinking!!!! Sleep!!!! I need sleep!!!!

Was that Claire? I think I just heard Claire. Yup that was her. Please go back to sleep. Oh good. She fell asleep. Whew.

What time is it?? 3:00!!! I have two hours until Miss Sunshine wakes up. I am going to need a nap tomorrow. Wait there is no time for a nap. I have too much to do.

(This is point where I forget what I was thinking and somewhere between 3:00-4:00 I must have drifted into sleep)

Why do women do this? Someone needs to invent a brain switch. Sometimes I just need to turn off my brain. I already have 2 kids and a snoring husband that keep me good and sleep deprived. I don’t need to bring it on myself.