All Is Well

I just got home from what may have been my last paying gig for a while. That's what I've been thinking about anyway.  Right now I'm waiting for the Nanas to return two of my boys from (I imagine) an incredibly fun day at Auntie Errin's pond/lake. I sure hope they're exhausted. 

The other night Hunter stayed up- ALL night long. I had been out for a few hours and when I got home, Geoff had only just woken up and Hunter was still sleeping.  He woke up around 11:30pm.  It wasn't the coolest thing in the world, but I had every intention of reading a book until it was finished so I had a movie on for him. Then another. And one more. I fell asleep sometime around 4:30.  Geoff woke up shortly thereafter and Hunter was still awake at 7:00. He napped for all of two hours and played and played and freaking played all day long. I had to kick him to bed at 11:00pm (again) last night. 

But I got him back. You see, I had to work today and so I got him up at 6:15am.  He complained that the sun hurt his eyes and I felt guilty. But the sun hurt my eyes too because I couldn't go to bed when I wanted to and I was very tired myself. I drove for almost seven hours today. And it's 29 degrees outside.. That's like 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit. I slapped myself twice on the way home. 

Tonight I am looking forward to... Anticipating... Desperate for a good night's sleep.  Desperately.  And I plan to wake them up again at 6:00. That's how moms do it best - tormenting them back to my kind of normal.