Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Things Keeping Me up at Night
1) Child #1, child #2, child #3. They take turns with their cold-weather ailments, nightmares and stall tactics, making a full nights sleep a distant memory...uh, when exactly do I get to sleep again?? Anyone? Anyone??
2) That weird clink-clank sound that happens every night at 2:30 a.m. I suspect the duct work but haven't completely ruled out the supernatural...
3) Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility...I'm going through a major bonnet phase
4) My bladder. The very second I find the sweet spot in my bed, all warm and cozy under my down comforter and...ping! Nature calls--grrrr
5) The nagging thought that after my husband burns down our home when his ethanol still explodes...I will have to live with my mother!
6) How do I raise my boys to become responsible, hardworking, honest, sensitive, non-perverted men, when popular culture preaches the exact opposite?
7) The fear of falling asleep and having that dream...the one where I'm pregnant again and I don't know who the father is. Actually...I kind of like that dream.
8) When my kids are all in school and I FINALLY decide to rejoin the work force...will anyone want me? Will I be able to speak in complete sentences? Will I know how to get along with grown-ups? What if the interview is over lunch and I reach over and cut up the interviewer's meat? Maybe I should forget the whole idea and stay home and dust...
9) What's with the injustice of aging? I sacrificed a lot of my youth having kids and taking care of my family. Why is my reward a slow metabolism, extra padding and sagging...everything?
10) My sister-in-law's phone calls which bring up so many questions that I'm thinking about our conversation until 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m....
6 comments:
funny stuff! I can so relate to the pregnancy dream, the sagging everything, the need to pee...all of it. too funny!
My brother and I had a conversation about rejoining the work force and the choice in staying home with children yesterday. I liked the reference to "Mr. Mom." It is one of my favorite movies.
sleeping? I don't know. I have teenagers and I still don't sleep through the night...although for different reasons.
Then there is the " I don't even know why I am not sleeping" thing. I am not stressed, I don't have to pee, I don't have kids around, and yet I still have trouble getting to sleep and staying there. Let's blame it on hormones.
LOL to #7! And about the work force. . . don't look to me for any answers on THAT front. I feel like I am totally wasting my degrees, but I just can't find anything I would rather do than teach people to save their memories. Oh well. Remember this life is just one line of perforated dots in the toilet paper of life!
Ahh, the padding and the sagging. Gotta love it.
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