52 Week Blessing Challenge – Week 17 Sleep

Today, for the first time in many moons I slept in.  My schedule normally starts very early, 5am. 

And I stick to this schedule, it works.  However there are times when I really need to sleep.  Today must have been one of those days because I slept in till 7am. 

When I don’t sleep in I can take a cat-nap every now and then.

At which time Grace chooses to either throw tantrums or decorate me depending on how her medicine is working.  This picture was taken on the day she decided to decorate me.

When Emily’s been sick and I’ve missed lots of sleep I look like this.

I used to look like this a lot, especially when Jered was young.  He has a disease that causes chronic low blood sugar.  We HAD to feed him every 4 hours just to keep it up.  As he got older I was able to do all-nighters with him and I just carried it over to the all-nighters with Emily.

Those days are long gone and Jered is grown now. 

But Emily still needs me at night sometimes, like last Friday.  On nights when she is up a lot I sleep in her room.  I don’t really get a lot of sleep but it seems to comfort her that I’m close by when she’s in pain.

After pulling an all-nighter the one thing that helps is this.

No special brand here, not shaken, fluffed, creamed, or extra tall.  Just the regular cup’O Jo.  By the time I’ve finished it I’m usually good to go.  Well, mine is about gone now so its time to get my day started.

Thanks for listening ~