Last night at work, it was the longest night I have had in a long time. I attribute this to the fact that I have finally gotten used to being up all night, so I brought Maddie (who woke up when Kenzie did for school) to bed with me when Kenzie got on the bus and we went back to sleep. We got up at 10, so since we got a morning nap, I didn't go back to sleep before going to work. I then stayed up all day, and all night. I was 3 hours shy of being up for 24 hours by the time I got home from work, settled down and then the head hit the pillow, the eyes hit the back of the head, and the dreams hit the brain! What felt like minutes later, I hear, "*gasp* MOMMY" and the pitter patter of little feet comming to find me. The time was 12 noon. I went on and got up since I had Maddie's cake to do for her birthday. With that now being done, I am sitting here blogging about to get up and go get things packed so I can take the girls up to Mom's house for her birthday party. I have to hang streamers, and then other than that, we are pretty settled for the party. Mom is having the jump delivered tomorrow. I will let Maddie have the table and package from Roy and Carol once we get home tomorrow, and then I will also let her have the grocery cart that Amanda and Derrick sent to her at the same time. I just don't want to put it all in the van, drag it up there, give it to her, then not set it up for her to play with because we will just be bringing it back home in a couple of hours. I will be getting pictures though, so look for some of those. Anyway, I better go.
Many times, we don't take the opportunity in life to think about connections. Much like the way legos connect to erect the building or vehicle you are trying to create, without connecting pieces, our lives would fall apart. It's not often that we take time to reflect on those connections in meaningful ways. If I am honest, when we moved from Indiana back to Florida, we didn't appreciate the connections we had and so as I look back I wonder what life would have been like if we'd not only appreciated those connections, but supported them in meaningful ways. Since moving to Greenville, not only have we made connections, but we've made it a part of life to connect with those people we've met that have become more like family than friends. We took the time to find a church that really believes in connecting with their people and not in a way that makes the patrons of the church feel like they are just a player in the game of chess and that player's job is to be
Baby girl. You know I have no set sleeping pattern. I just try and try but sleep evades me. Even when they knocked me out for that last surgery I was awake...talking......
ReplyDeleteI really hope you can go do something for you soon. It will help with your stress.