A 'Write Off' Kind Of Day

The house is dark in the middle of the day, lit only by the flashes of lightning from outside.I love it!

Autumn weather has arrived in force today. Perhaps my front lawn might actually turn green with all this rain!

I really enjoy thunderstorms, but the furry members of our family not so much! The dog has just slunk into the room with me, unsure about those loud booms and rolls outside. And our cat was found hiding in the pantry just now, his place escape in the most dire situation. Which clearly this is to him.

The less furry members of the family are relishing the freshness of the storm, the cool breeze through the window, the cosy, snug feeling that the dark grey sky gives.

But I must give some consideration to my husband who is out working in this weather, so I'm sure he's not enjoying it much as me. Any moment I expect to hear the garage door go up and to find my soaked husband home, in dire need of a hot cup of tea.

And unfortunately, Charlie is still not well. Sniffles are abating but being replaced with a chesty cough. The recovery process is not helped by a sleepless night. 4.30am is a ridiculous time to wake up for the day, if you ask my opinion. Which I would happily give once I've finished my fourth cup of coffee (and it's only midday!) and if I'm still awake.

Why is it that these sleepless nights occur just when I really need to be awake and alert to deal with things? Not that there is ever a good time for such an early wake up, but still. I have so much to do and deal with at the moment. Why today?

And by mid afternoon, when I start to wilt from tiredness, I will vow to myself to have an early night and catch up on the sleep I so desperately need. Only to get to 8pm and get a second wind (all those cups of coffee finally kicking in perhaps?) and not be able to sleep till midnight - again.

Am I the only one who is like this? Please tell me that this is normal for busy mamas.

So today, I've decided is a write off day. A day where I will accomplish what I can and not feel too bad about what I didn't get done. Dishes piling up in the sink, floor unvacuumed, minimum amount of work done that I can get away with though I will have to play catchup over the weekend, and I'm ok with that - sort of. Overcoming my perfectionist nature isn't easy, you know.

Today therefore will consist of lots of sitting on the couch watching the rain and cuddles with my sick boy.

I guess life isn't so bad after all.

Sleep, sleep, sleep.

I haven't written a post for the last few days...... and it feels like weeks.

Life has taken over these last few days, everything seems to be taking three times longer than it should and there seems to be even less hours in the day than before.

But on the upside, Charlie is sleeping better. Finally.

And all it took, is saying to him "Mummy's going back to bed to sleep" whenever he woke during the night. He then lays back down and goes straight back to sleep.

And now he knows this, he's started sleeping through the night. For the past few nights it's been getting better and better.

Last night he slept for 11 hours, woke briefly, then went back to sleep for another hour. Anyone who knows us, will realise what a big deal this is for us.

Charlie has NEVER slept well, so this is a major event for us. That elusive thing known as sleep may finally be back in our lives again.



So it seems that for the past 18 months he was only waking so many times during the night to check we weren't having fun without him!

I guess Del and I will have to give up playing with toys cars, Thomas trains and Wiggles puzzles from now on.

But only at night though.

Who Would of Thought That Teenagers are Prone to Exaggeration.

The weather forecast is 42 degrees Celsius with thunderstorms.

My plan to survive tomorrow = jump in the pool early, stay in until Charlie and I are all pruny, get out long enough to eat then jump right back in.


I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. Not at all.


Although I like warm weather, this is just ridiculous. If I had wanted this kind of heat I'd live in a desert. Oh yeah, Australia is pretty much desert.

Kaiden has tried to convince me to let him have the day off school tomorrow. Unfortunately he needs to work on his skills of persuasion. His reasoning is that some of his classes are NOT air conditioned and ALL his friends are getting to spend the day at home.

Using my mum super powers to read through the teenage exaggeration, I translate that to mean that maybe just one of his class rooms isn't air conditioned, perhaps it's actually someone else's classroom that just happens to be near his, or maybe he heard an urban myth that there might be a classroom without air conditioning.

Also instead of all his friends being allowed to stay home, maybe it's just one of his friends getting the day off, or maybe one of his friends just happened to mention that they would like the day off.

Me cynical?

Today's post will be short. The awake/sleep balance is not looking good at the moment. 42 hours awake/3 hours sleep.

What's the odds Charlie will sleep through the night tonight? Pretty low. What's the odds he will sleep past 5am? Even lower.

Lucky for him he's such a gorgeous cherub. And I have lots of coffee to hand.