I feel like crap again today, so instead of doing anything productive, I'm going to blog all day. At least until my children stage a coup and I am forced to take care of them.
I think I've been watching too much Buffy lately. I dreamt about vampires and blood all night long. I think it took me a while to wake up to my kids screaming, since it was incorporated into my dreams. They were up a ridiculous amount last night. I was in with Lorelei twice and Liam once and then they were up this morning at 7. Liam was up at least twice before we actually went to bed. That's about average - 5 times a night between the two of them. Yeah, that's a bit ridiculous. I'm holding out hope that by the end of 2009 all my kids will be sleeping through the night and I might not look like death warmed over every morning.
Right now Lorelei is crying because she's trying to poop, Liam is crying because he climbed up onto the picnic table while it was under the school table and is stuck. Molly and Maggie are up in their room, playing nicely (tea party, I think). I really need to do school with Molly, but I hate interrupting them when they're actually getting along. I really, really. want to take a nap when the little ones go down, but if I wait around to do school, I'll have to do that instead.
I'd like to get the first floor (at least!) cleaned up today - actually CLEANED - since I have friends coming over tomorrow morning. I'm so glad I went ahead and did dishes last night. I hate coming down to a kitchen full of dirty dishes. We had fish for dinner last night, so I had extra motivation. Nothing like coming down to a kitchen full of dirty dishes that smell like fish. Anyway, it's nice to start out with a clean kitchen. Of course, that only lasts until after breakfast.
I've almost gotten through all the laundry. I haven't put a stitch of it away and there are at least two loads that need washed and two others that are clean that need brought upstairs. *sigh* Will my life ever be anything other than dishes and laundry?
What would I do if we didn't have kids? I stopped working because it was too stressful to get pregnant. It wasn't that I didn't like my job, although, at the time there were social issues that were causing problems. I probably would have had to switch, or my marriage would not be in the place it is now. I loved that job, though. Working with all those numbers - all that money! :) I think I'll be an accountant when I grow up. Wish I'd thought of that before I actually grew up...
Now, Molly and Maggie are sitting here logging into Molly's school. Lorelei and Liam are under the school table, fussing about stuff. I checked Molly's school stuff and she doesn't have a ton of stuff - especially stuff that will take time - or require my help. Yay! :) Whatever we don't get done today, though, we'll have to do over the weekend, so I'd like to get most of it done. We're taking tomorrow off, since by the time people leave tomorrow it will be time for naps and the afternoon will be mostly done.
I need a break. I am so excited about my birthday weekend away! I really, really hope nothing happens to prevent it! I'm mostly looking forward to Friday night. The feeling of the freedom of two whole nights and two whole mornings of sleep and almost two whole days of no kids!!
Liam is screaming at me, so I'd better go for now. He's amazing - he can't walk yet, but he can climb onto the top of the school table.