What I Did At School Today

Closing Time

May 19, 2008

I'll just apologize now for yet another photo-less post. I'm finding it hard enough to have the time to write a blog post these days, let alone find my camera, take a photo, and then get it uploaded to the blog. We'll settle into a schedule in a bit and I'll manage to capture some of the "Kodak moments" around here. Until then, we'll just all have to make do with what I can manage.

I too am learning to make do. Over the weekend I came to the realization that I do not have control over my sleep schedule right now. How much sleep I get is at the mercy of two (mostly the youngest) very small beings. I tend to view anything in my life that is beyond my control to be in God's hands, so I decided that I would simply trust that the sleep I did manage to get would be adequate. I also decided to accept that "adequate" and "enough" are not the same. Just the change in my attitude has helped, and I feel better. Still tired, but not so frustrated about it. It's really amazing me how much it helped. And I really wish that I had come to this realization when the toddler was a baby.

Speaking of the toddler, he has started "serenading" us from his crib at bedtime in the evenings with up to two hours of talk. Sometimes he demands that we come to get him (We do not oblige...), but most of the time he babbles rather loudly about us, other people he knows, and things that we did or talked about that day. I don't mind the talk, I even understand that it's a normal part of decompression from the day for a toddler to do this. But an hour and a half or two hours? Really? It's been cutting into his sleep in a major way and we've had a grumpy kiddo on ours hands in the morning. I assume that once he adjusts to the big changes around here, that he'll go back to his usual shorter evening narratives, and his day will come to a close more in line with him getting enough sleep.

I figured that I should let you know about a bit a blog housekeeping business. Some of the older entries seem to be attracting a ton of spam comments. I doubt that anyone will want to leave a legit comment on most entries from over a year ago, so I've been closing comments on the "offending" entries. It saves me a ton of emails and a bit of time deleting spam comments.

That's all I've got for now. I need to get back to work on things for the show. Today is the last day on Mother's Day Out for the school year and I have a lot I need to get done in addition to feeding and holding a newborn.

Oh my, that brings back memories. Luke used to talk himself to sleep...in his car seat, in his crib, wherever...he'd just talk, and talk, and talk. Once it got quiet for more than two seconds, we knew he was asleep!

Glad you're "adjusting" to the new "normal"!

Congratulations on your new addition to the family, he is beautiful - and so is the toddler. You seem to be adjusting wonderfully.

June

The new addition to your family is beautiful and so is the toddles. You seem to be managing life wonderfully.

June