Insomnia of sorts

I should be sleeping.

Yesterday, after Paxton went home, I started to feel a little under the weather. It started with just feeling cold. Then came the body aches. Then a nearly unbearable migraine. All I could think was "I'm getting the flu." Oh joy.

For those of you who don't already know, JJ is going to school and working, and he's basically gone from the house from 7:30 am - 9:15 pm. EVERY DAY, Monday - Friday (an improvement, I suppose, from the old schedule where he worked straight through the weekends). So from about 2 pm to 9 pm, I was faking optimism with the kids. Not to mention I had to do the grocery shopping. JJ got home a little early, more like 8:30, and I got to put the kids to bed, trying VERY HARD not to breathe on them. JJ said that since I didn't feel good I should just go to bed when I was done with the kiddos, but I took a nice hot bath first. Despite being achy and cold, it felt good to lay down, but it was too good to be true.

20 minutes after I made it to bed, Mason woke up. Not for any reason in particular, but just to be held, I guess. He fell asleep right away. I put him back down and got back into bed. 20 minutes later... yep! He was awake and crying again. Back in his room. Feed him, burp him, get him back to sleep. I laid back in bed. 20 minutes later, he was awake again! This continued ALL night until about 4 this morning. I finally decided that since he wasn't doing well in his crib, he'd just sleep in his swing in our room. At least then, if he would sleep better, maybe I would, too, and if not, I wouldn't have to walk all the way across the house. I was still pretty dizzy, nauseas, etc. Finally! He was sleeping. But you parents know that if it isn't one, it's the other.

At 4:15 our bedroom door opened and Andrew walked in. "Stickers" he said, holding up a booklet of stickers that he gets out every day. You've GOT to be kidding me! So I took him into his bedroom and laid him down. He wouldn't sleep. He wouldn't sleep and he wouldn't sleep. He kept saying "Lacey. Lacey." Our dog was sleeping in our room. He sure loves that puppy. FINALLY at 5:30 Andrew fell asleep. I went back to bed, just for a few minutes before the alarm clock started going off. Today is my early day with Paxton. He's here at 7:30, so I have to be up by 6:30 to get Lacey out back to potty, JJ's breakfast, lunch, coffee, and water jug ready, then my shower and clothes changed, and then it's on to Andrew's breakfast. Somewhere in there, I often have to feed Mason, too. Lots to do before 7:30 in the morning!! SO, while I feel much better today, I can definitely say that it wasn't helped by a large amount of sleep. I'm not sure I slept at all, actually.