Midnight Snack, Anyone?
Ugh, it’s midnight and I am still awake! Not on purpose I might add. I had every intention of going to bed at a decent hour and starting the new week (and my favorite day) fresh and well-rested. I took a nice hot bath, read for a little while in bed, and as soon as I turned the lights out at 9:45 it was like someone turned the switch on in my head! Suddenly, I had a song stuck in my head that I’ve been working on for Easter, without even trying I started making mental to-do lists for tomorrow, I was even thinking about several things I could do around the house if I just got back up out of bed. AAHHHHH! FINE, I’m up.
I started the dishwasher, cleaned up the kitchen, made a few notes in my planner, and now here I sit at the computer hoping to feel really, really exhausted any minute now. I don’t get it. At 8:30 tonight I was ready for bed. I could hardly hold my eyes open as I watched a little T.V. with my Love. Maybe this is just a sign that all of those drugs from surgery are finally out of my system and now it’s back to business as usual…but I kind of liked those drug-induced 14 hours of sleep every night for three or four nights!
Tomorrow is Monday, as you know, and I’m really looking forward to getting the boys back on their normal schedule. We desperately need to catch up on school this week and I’m hoping for some beautiful park days. For some reason I decided to start weaning Owen from his pacifier tonight. I’ve heard that slowly clipping away the end of the pacifier is very effective. Eventually, it doesn’t soothe like it once did and many toddlers throw it away on their own. Owen took his out of his mouth several times and looked at it, but it still ended up in his mouth at bedtime. We’ll see how the next clipping goes.
Master’s week (aka, Spring Break for the rest of the world) is in three weeks and I’m chomping at the bit. It is definitely a bitter sweet week for most Augustans. Many rent their houses out for large amounts of cash, but they must first clean their houses from top to bottom, better than they ever clean it for themselves, and must also move their entire family out for the week. Personally, I work for a caterer and I am also cleaning a friend’s house (who is renting to three couples) this year. Master’s week officially starts on Sunday, April 5th and ends on Easter Sunday, Arpil 12th. It always goes by fast and leaves me feeling like a terrible mom…but then I get paid and it all seems worth it. Just to give some of you, who don’t live in the Augusta area, an idea of how much money is made by the locals that week: I will work about 45 hours (3 hours in the morning for seven days and 4-5 hours in the evening for five days) and make about $1500. I know, it’s crazy! That, my friend, is why it is worth it. I have a friend who lives in a very nice house with five bedrooms. Her house rents for $15,000 for eight days. INSANE!
Okay, apparently just thinking about Master’s week is making me tired. I’m going to try the bed again. Wish me luck!
~audrey