Saturday morning I rose out of bed anticipating that I was going to be full of energy. I figured going to bed early would have given me an edge on the day, boy was I wrong. When I first woke up I thought that I felt good, I thought today is the day I will be completely recovered from my trip or whatever has been wrong with me the entire week.
Every single day last week I napped. I napped Monday for brief periods in the car on our way back from Virginia Beach. Tuesday, I napped for 2.5 hours, Wednesday I napped for 1.5 hours, Thursday I napped for 2.5 hours and Friday for an hour while the kids ran around the house. Actually, on Friday I didn't even make it till the afternoon for my nap! I was napping by 10:15am. I have no idea why I have been so tired this week, my only guesses are I am either fighting something off or I am suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Either way, I am tired and require a nap every day.
I went to bed early enough Friday night. The girls and I had gone to my sister's for pizza pies made in her fire pit. We had a good time with my sister's family and my parents - laughing and talking about lots of different things. The girls' ran around and played with her dogs and then we headed home. We were all in bed no later than 11:30pm. Saturday morning Emma had a soccer game at 10:15am. This meant that I got to sleep in till 8:45am, a rare treat these days.
I slept till 8:45am and got up with gusto! I got a shower, got the kids up and dressed for the day and headed to the soccer field, making one quick detour to get my regular Smoothie Brews addiction. We made it to the soccer field five minutes early! WOOT WOOT! You know for me this is quiet an accomplishment. After a quick introduction of the teams' players and a not so quick testimony (Emma plays for Upward which is a christian league. Every game they have someone do a "testimony" before or during half time.) and the game began. I was amazed at how well Emma was dribbling the ball this year and cracking up at how her mouth guard was too big. The mouth guard is red so you can only imagine how noticeable it was every time she messed with it. Finally the game was over and I was feeling exhausted all ready.
When we got home I immediately took some Sudafed, grabbed my book and laid down on the couch to "re-group". I thought for sure that I just needed to lay down, not nap. Abigail however, insisted that I needed a nap and really who am I to deny her? She covered me up with a blanket and turned the television to a nature sounds station and within minutes I was out like a light. I woke about an hour and a half later feeling somewhat refreshed. I quickly jumped into some household chores I had been neglecting over the past week. I got all the laundry done AND put away. I emphasize put away because I rarely do that right away anymore. While I was doing laundry I had the twins go through their closets to determine what clothing they were lacking in their wardrobes for fall. Once the clothing situation was taken care of we headed to Old Navy and JcPenny's (two places I can still shop with credit) and got them both a good selection of pants.
We came home after our shopping excursion and I began to dust my living room. This was something that had to be done. I had serious dust bunnies going on in there! I think they may have evolved into something much sturdier than dust bunnies! Soon after I was finished, Scott made it home after a very long day of work . We were passed out by 11:30pm!
Sunday I woke up at 11:15pm. I felt great after 12 hours of solid sleep. Today would be the day I would go without napping for sure! Scott made breakfast, we had coffee, I read a little bit of my book and then began cleaning the garage. The garage had to be picked up because all of my camping gear from the weekend before was still sitting in there. You see, when you have four kids you don't have much room in a garage to start with when you consider they all have a bike, the little one's have scooters, tricycles and power wheels. You could barely walk through the garage to get in the house. So I gathered up all my camping gear, reorganizing as I went along and then finally Scott came out and helped me hoist it onto the shelves. For some reason, I decided to get down clothes I have stored for Olivia and Sarah and began to go through them to see what they could use now. It was at this point that I decided it was too overwhelming and I seriously needed to rest. Off to the couch I went to relax and read some more of my book.
Two hours later I was awakened by Scott patting my leg telling me it was time for dinner. What a perk of napping that was! I got up, had dinner and once again I began sorting through clothes. I did a couple loads of laundry while I sorted and removed clothes from the little girls' closets. I took 32 dresses out of Olivia's closet! It amazing to me how many dresses that child has. I won't even tell you how many she has left in there! I bathed Olivia and Sarah, put them to bed and by then I was completely exhausted again and was in bed by 10pm.
I am up and at em' this morning, hoping against hope that I can make it through the day without napping. We'll see how it goes!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity (or naps apparently)
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