The Exhaustion

It's July 28, I think, and August will be here in a couple days and then I have to start my little monthly projects. Of course I've been procrastinating the whole project and second guessing myself now. So I came up with a few guidelines/goals for myself.

1.) I must do this for at least 6 months. That way I try 6 things at least.
2.) Though I will do them each day for a month at a time, I am only holding myself accountable for a minimum of 4 blog posts a week - I have a baby, work full-time, write on the side besides this blog, and am in grad school...4 times will be a miracle but I'm determined.

Those were the only things I could think of.

I did get some suggestions for other things to try - yoga, art, cake decorating...love! My favorite idea I came up with myself though - sleep for a month. Sleep at least 8 hours a night every night for a month. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Not going to happen but a girl can dream...

The exhaustion made me delirious and think of that. B. & I were chatting the other day and he commented that he couldn't remember the last time he slept through an entire night and I kindly reminded him it was 6 months ago right before L. was born. Then I also reminded him that I haven't slept a whole night through for 15 months now since the minute that kid burst forth into my uterus as an embryo I started peeing around the clock. Someone comment and remind me what slumber is like...I miss it so...

Anyways, so I'm exhausted...yet I'm up blogging while my bambino sleeps...why is this, you ask? Let me tell you...
1.) Bambino will be up in 2 hours anyways. Broken slumber doesn't cut it, I don't care who says some sleep is better than no sleep. It's. Not. The. Same.
2.) I am going to be a famous writer/blogger. Even if it's only in my head.
3.) B. & I are trying out a new nighttime plan...I take care of the kiddo if he wakes up anytime from when he goes to bed (which was about 9 tonight) until 1 am...then B. takes over til he leaves for work at 5:30 at which time I will wake and be refreshed from my 4.5 hours of sleep that isn't fully interrupted except when I am the one who wakes to the sound of L. crying and have to wake B. and send him over to soothe the child. Yay.

I love my kid, wouldn't trade him for the world, but hot damn this parenthood thing is exhausting. Do they ever sleep through the night?

3 Things I'm Thankful for Today:
1.) naps (not that I get them but I appreciate them more now that they are missing from my life!)
2.) my mama
3.) office supplies