eatthefrostingfirst

~3 days of being snowed in ~13 approximate inches of snow ~one sick child with a fever (you know it will snowball through the house within a matter of days) ~one sick child and another cranky one because he has been housebound for 2 days and this makes another due to his sick brother who he is running out of sympathy for ~a cancelled babysitter for the afternoon due to the fore mentioned sick child ~ a mother who is still bitching about her dreaded 10lbs she needs to lose ~one cranky mother who is stuck at home with the previously mentioned children and growing strong resentment for her husband who gets to go to work, eat lunch and pee in private! And did I mention school vacation starts in 2 days? OH JOY!

I haven't slept in days. Okay, well not quite days but almost. I've woken up at 230AM for the past three nights and haven't been able to fall back to sleep. I'm a worrier by nature..I blame my Mother (for that amongst MANY other things but that's a whole other post) so when I awake, I start to think..about big things or stupid things..doesn't really matter because whatever THING I'm thinking about; it keeps me up. I had my annual physical today which was good timing considering once I turned 40 things started to go downhill for me. She told me to give Ambien a shot for 2 wks. I'm looking forward to the prospect of a full night's sleep but have envisioned that I may possibly wake up at 3AM and instead of worrying, do something else like raid the refrigerator or drive to the Mall to do some shopping without knowing I'm doing this. After all, the first thing you read when you read the WARNINGS is "Sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not ...