Showing posts with label lack of sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lack of sleep. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
An Open Letter to my Insomnia
I think we need to have a sit down. You are starting to become a nuisance. It seems that you have invaded my much needed brain space. After all, we have already discussed just how many useless song lyrics are trapped in the recesses of my brain. I need the little bit of space that is left.
Without it, I can't remember things like soccer practice, where I put my car keys and who the heck all these little people are and why they keep calling me mommy.
Lack of sleep makes me a little ill-tempered.
Lack of sleep makes me a little lazy.
Lack of sleep make it difficult to stay awake during the day.
I am willing to barter with you. In fact, I'm not above down right bribery.
Here's my proposal--you leave me alone.
I get some much needed sleep. You get out of my brain so that I am not thinking of irrelevant things like PTO speeches, volunteer policies, kale, budget approvals, dress codes, hot and cold vegetables, why middle school sucks and who I need to punch.
In return, I will be less bitchy, more energetic, and significantly easier to live with.
I will yell less and clean more (okay...now I'm just being ridiculous and I'm blaming it on my lack of sleep.)
Sincerely,
~kisa~
Monday, February 23, 2009
Weekend update - birthday party photos
Here is the cake I made for Friday's party. It was super easy. I ordered this icing layover on Ebay. She has plenty to choose from, all different designs. You just make a 10x13 inch cake, icing it and peel and place the overlay. She even personalizes it for no extra charge. I paid around $8.00 for it.
These are the Webkinz Owls that we gave out as party favors. I was able to get all five of them for a steal and since I'm anti-candy lately I figured everyone would love a Webkinz. They were a big hit.
We had all sorts of "Harry Potter" like foods. This is a picture of our Herbology Health Tray. We also had Percy's Prefect Mini Pizzas (Bagel bites), Hagrid's stuffed dragon eggs (stuffed mushrooms), Dumbledore Bat Wings (chicken wings), and Butterbeer Floats (which were rootbeer, butterscotch syrup and vanilla icecream). They were quite yummy if I do say so myself.
My daughter (red nightgown) did seem to have fun, though I think she would have liked it better if the girls were more into the movies. We played them over our projector and it looked really good up on the wall. My other daughter (pink in back) was asleep by 11 p.m. She went swimming earlier and it wiped her out. Same with my son, he too was asleep by 11 p.m.
The rest of them were asleep around 1:30 or 2 a.m. and up again around 6:45 a.m. Can't say I was nearly that energetic.
Would I do it again? Hmmm. Maybe for daughter number 2 so she doesn't have middle child syndrome all her life, but I'm pretty sure my oldest is done having traditional parties. Next year we'll take a friend to the movies and call it a day.
I still have to survive Saturday when all the grandparents arrive...including my grandma, my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Add some inlaws and it should be awkward with a capital A.
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About Me
- kisatrtle
- I'm a 41 year old (gasp) freelance writer, school cafeteria manager, wife and mother. I have three children and one anxious and overweight beagle. I use my blog to make others laugh, to share some cool crafts, to document my lunchlady adventures and to lament about the challenges faced by us all on the journey called life. Thanks for visiting. Please leave some crack...um...I meant some comments.
