Nocturnal Animal

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I was in the car tonight, on the ride home from Awana.

Let me stop here to say one thing about Awana....I discovered tonight that the church the kids are attending for Wednesday night Awana, has several unlocked doors to the outside, no way to monitor the in and out of kids, adults, or any other lunatics that may want to steal the children. Even my Lexapro isn't helping with the anxiety that I am feeling now! I have already paid the $100.00 (I know it used to be free, right?) for the kids to continue (book fees, shirts and the like), so I hate to be THAT paranoid mom. Regardless, they are my kids, so tomorrow the church will be getting a phone call from this WORRIED mom.
Moving on, or back, to what I was saying. My daughter made a very precise statement tonight, one that made me laugh. She said, "Mom, you are a nocturnal animal." After I stopped laughing I told her the story of how I couldn't get myself out of bed today, and how I convinced my youngest daughter to watch Sprout TV while I snuggled her (a.k.a. slept). I woke up 1 hour later to find that my 2 year old had put herself down for a nap, in her own bed. Since she was sleeping, I finished off another hour "sawing logs." I know that it doesn't seem like I have slept much, but I worked Monday night, slept all day Tuesday, went back to bed Tuesday night and slept in till 930am on Wednesday and then proceeded to lure Charlie back into bed so I could sleep more. If that isn't proof enough, I am sitting here at 0047 typing this crazy blog without a tired bone in my body. Aargh. So the answer is yes, Valerie, I am Nocturnal!

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