Nadia woke up a little before 2AM screaming her head off early this morning. It's the first time she's been terrorized by a nightmare. I've never seen her so scared. It took us one hour to get her back to sleep. She kept screaming buggy (she's in this phase of adding "y" to almost every word so what she meant was bug). This morning I noticed a little red mark under her left eye that wasn't there when I left for work, and Paul doesn't think it was there when he put her to bed. It doesn't look like a scratch. Maybe a spider bit her or something like that? I don't usually have trouble falling asleep quickly when I go to bed, but I still suffer from insomnia if I am awakened during the night. It took me a long time to fall back asleep, and then Ian got up at 5:15. The last two mornings he's gotten up between 5:00-5:15, and both days Nadia has gotten up after 7:00. I wish he'd at least sleep until 6am. The good news is that he's sleeping around 11 hours straight at night. Nadia usually sleeps about 10 hours, but Wednesday night she slept a little over 12 hours. I assumed her nap on Thursday would be shorter, but it actually was longer than usual (3 hours long). I couldn't believe she slept 15 hours in a 24 hour period! Ian's record for total amount of sleep in a 24 hour period is 13.5 hours. I am very, very tired and have had a splitting headache and fever today from the hectic schedule the past couple of days plus lack of sleep. I plan to go to bed super early this evening. I have faculty meeting at 3pm so I'll be back home by 5pm tonight compared to getting home at 8:45pm on Wednesday and 8:15pm yesterday.
On top of the sleep deprivation, I accidently washed Paul's wallet in the washing machine and dryer this morning. He left them in his jeans - something he NEVER does. He usually takes his wallet out and his wedding ring off as soon as he comes in the door. He puts his ring inside his wallet and sets his wallet on the kitchen table. I removed the belt from the jeans, but didn't check the pockets as it's not usually necessary. I had just bought him this wallet last week. The pictures of the kids were ruined. The money will dry out. We shall see if the credit cards still work or not. So because this morning started off in a rough manner, I am going to make a list of things that have brought a smile to my face recently:
1. I've enjoyed having a vase of cut flowers on the kitchen table for the past week. Caryn gave them to me on Saturday. They are super pretty, and it's the first time I've received cut flowers in over two years so they are especially appreciated. I think I should buy myself some now and then as I do really enjoy them.
2. Ian has started saying MAMA!!! Daddy and Nadia heard it on Wednesday. Nadia said to Daddy (before he said anything), "Ian is saying mama." I heard it yesterday. It was music to my ears especially since Nadia said dada for months before she said mama. It only seems fair that I get to hear mama first this time around.
3. I've been enjoying the cooler temps although I should have brought jackets for each of us when we went to the park yesterday morning. I also noticed this morning that I don't need to mow this weekend. YAY!
4. I figured out a way to shop at the grocery store without carrying Ian in the Snugli this morning. I used the new double stroller and attached two baskets to the 3 handles. It won't work for a big shopping trip, but it worked for filling two baskets. Nadia helped by carrying the gallon of milk from the register to the car, and I hung the grocery bags over the 3 handles. Where there's a will, there's a way!
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