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I hear a thump and am jolted awake. As I lay in bed, eyes adjusting to the dark of a pre-dawn morning, I slowly try to process what it was that I heard.
Of course, it was a cat. But moments later, I realize that the baby’s sound machine is still on and if I don’t turn it off, it’ll wake him up before he’s ready. Minutes after that, as I’ve settled back into bed and deep into my pillow, the youngest girl walks into the hall to stand by the bathroom door, crying and moaning until I turn on the light and open the door for her (both things that she is fully capable of doing at any other time of the day).
Again, I get comfortable, but it’s too late. I’ve been awake for five whole minutes and that is 4 minutes and 39 seconds too long. Though my body is saying “No, it’s too early! One more hour of sleep! This is ridiculous!”, my brain is saying “oh, but there are SO MANY things to think about.”
Things like:
What is happening with his teeth? What is the dentist going to say when we go in January?! Is she going to yell at me and say that now it’s too late, they’ll be like that forever?! Should I call and try to get him in faster? But they never have appointments, might as well wait until January. And good lord, it’s too expensive anyway. We can’t afford an extra appointment right now. But she’s not going to be happy. But we brush them!
And
Why does it have to be like this every December? Don’t people understand what it’s like to try to visit everyone in one month’s time with four really young children who all get car sick and have to have potty breaks and can only eat at certain places because of the gluten free restrictions? Why are they treating me like this??
And
Ohmygod if that cat knocks the tree over I don’t know what I’m going to do. Take all the ornaments off of it? He’s already knocked most of them off anyway. He’d better not chew up Henry’s 1st Christmas dinosaur ornament. I swear to god, that cat. I’m going to strangle him. What is that noise?? Is he up in it again??
And finally
What the hell time is it? If I look at my phone to see what godawful time it is, I’m going to see that I have new emails and twitter notifications and feel the need to look at them because I can’t go back to sleep ANYWAY. 5:34?! For f@$&’s sake.
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Ummm, yeahhhh. My son is 11 and does not seem to be capable of turning on the light in his room in the morning at 6 am (Saturday and Sunday only…). So there.
Also? My kids get car sick as well… Make everyone come to your place and make them bring the food!
You gotta put your foot down, mama!
What is up with that?! So annoying….she's done it every night this week. I'm putting my foot down!
and cue: next thought – everything that has to get done today, when and how and in what order! I'm with you on that. I can't sleep once I'm awake for a few minutes.
I hope you get to sleep in a bit more tomorrow.
P.s. doesn't that just ruin your entire day – and mood? It totally does for me.
It totally does! And unfortunately, no, I haven't gotten any more sleep….there must be something in the air.
Yep. Happened to me at 4:18 this morning. Why am I still awake?
This morning it was 1:30. Thank goodness I can go back to sleep when it's that early. I still needed extra coffee this morning, though!
F8&%ing cat. 🙂
I can't blame anyone but the baby if I wake up early, but he's a baby so I can't really blame him either.
I really hate it when I open my eyes and it's still dark and I check my phone and it's freaking 5.30am.
Then I go on Instagram. Hah!
Oh, I have to stop myself from going in Instagram. That's the be all and end all of my sleep!
I do not like those early morning wake up calls when all you want is that extra 30 minutes of sleep. In my house it's usually because of the animals… yeah, you know, the f@#%^&* cat!!! My kids know better than to wake me too early. 🙂
I can't wait until my kids are old enough to know better!!!
hahahahahaha! I am so feeling ya girl! That is me with the thoughts! I wish i had a "turn off" button for my mind and a "turn on" for my body! And sorry but that cat is really cute sneaking into the tree restricted zone!
He is cute…which is why he still lives here. 🙂 Exactly! Where's the switch?!
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Oh no. We don't do 5:30 here. We also don't do guilt trips. Or cats, really.
You are SO the better person in this relationship. Really. People need to know how lucky they are to have gotten you and not me.
I'll be sure and tell them that. 🙂 I don't do 5:30 either, but apparently the kids and cats do. Cats can sleep all day, you know.
I am up at 1 something this morning. Getting some blogging and work done. The minute I wake up I think of all the deadlines I've already missed — and that is really not like me. Too much to juggle this time of year. I keep thinking I can get so much more done when it's quiet like this. They really do stop bothering you in the middle of the night for the most part. Now if I could just not wake up.
Exactly…just not wake up. I would be a mess if I tried to get up and do stuff in the middle of the night. I'm sure I'd get a ton done, but with two kids home all day, it's not happening!
Oh our momma brains they are filled with so much. My husband gets up at 3:30am and there have been days if the alarm wakes me ad my mind starts to go I toss and turn in endless lists of I need to, remember to, don't forget to worry about this and that is when any chance of sleep is over. Sighhhhhh I need a nap!!
Oh my gosh….if my husband had to set his alarm for 3:30, he would hit snooze at least three times every day and I would be a CRAZY MESS (more than usual).
Oh, the voice in your head sounds so much like mine 🙂 My husband doesn't understand that if I'm awake for more than 30 seconds in the middle of the night it's almost impossible for me to get back to sleep because ALL of the worries start floating through my mind. I usually get up and read or watch TV because I need a distraction or I'll go crazy from the stress!
2 other things:
1 – When we had our first kid, we made it clear we were doing holidays at our house and not travelling with them, but that anyone was welcome to come. By we, I mostly mean my husband made it clear because I'm too nice. And we've stuck with it so no one even asks us anymore, and it's awesome. I have enough things to worry about at the holidays without adding travel on top of it.
2 – Our cats have knocked down our tree so many times and broken so many ornaments. We've had a couple successful years where we rigged it up well enough that it stayed up, even if it sometimes tilted, so I'm hoping this will be one of those years. But we haven't put one up yet because I'm trying to limit the amount of time we have to keep the boy away from it.
Happy Wednesday!
I took off the bottom half of the tree's ornaments today…we'll put them back up in a couple of weeks (probably). But for now, the top of the tree looks nice. 🙂
I wish I could say that they should come to us. And they do, during the year. But an entire part of the family lives six hours away and there's no way they'd all come (nor would I want to host them all). They just have to keep in mind that we can come when we can fit it all in the schedule…because there's SO much for us to fit in.
Oh, those too-early mornings are the worst! Throws the whole day off. Great photo, though – love the expression on kitty's face.
Thanks. Yeah, he's a pistol. 🙂
Don't you wish there was a switch for the thought process just like a light switch and there was an emergency switch that went on automatically if you needed it in the middle of the night or early AM? There is always so much to do, so many people throwing guilt around and never a restful night.
Good luck with the cat. That picture was one of the funniest things I have seen all day!
I really, really do. I'm glad you enjoyed the picture. I took another one today that's similar and also very funny (I wasn't trying to get him in it this time!).
Love this picture and hate the early wakeup/insomnia/crazy thinking thing. It happens to me regularly at 4:30 — and I don't have a cat or a baby. Ugh!
Oy. 4:30 is way worse. This morning it was 1:30, but thank goodness I can go back to sleep then.
That photo made. My. Day. Tree in the pack & play – BRILLIANT. The kiddo and I just did Thanksgiving at the in-laws (w/o hubs, who was working, so ACK!!), and I made it bearable by bringing a checked bag of food. I'll come visit, but by Jove we are NOT getting sick by "polite eating". Big big hugs to you for that!!
Oh my goodness. I'm not a fan of visiting my husbands' family without the husband. We stay home for Thanksgiving every year, because Christmas (which is what I worry about every year from Oct to Jan.) is too stressful. We have to travel almost every weekend from mid-Dec to the first of January.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who can't NOT look at the notifications on their phone! I don't care what time it is, if there's a message, I'm reading it! Thanks for making me feel normal today!
And look at the cute kitty cat!! <3 I have a cat in my post today, too. Gotta love the furballs!
Haha, you're welcome. Your furball looks SO much more well-behaved than mine does!
Great pic of your cat being all sneaky by the Christmas tree. Sorry you were dealing with the inner voice so early in the morning! I hate that. I usually can't sleep at night and can't turn off my crazy mind. This is def a stressful time of the year with family expectations, so just take each day as it comes! And remind those that don't get it…. It's hard taking care of four kids! I can't imagine the hard work! I bitch with one child;)
Haha, I did too, with one kid. It only gets worse with each subsequent child (and so does the lack of sleep and things to worry about). Thanks!
These are the kinds of things that go through my head while trying to GO to sleep! Here's to "sleeping in" a little more tomorrow… xo
I don't know what the deal is, but these kids have been waking up in the night all week. I need a nap!