Some days, it’s all I can do to even make the kids lunch, especially the few weeks before now when my thyroid levels were down.

And some days, I feel pretty good, especially since my thyroid dose was increased. I try not to stress over “the things”, in the end, everything must get done and in the end, only one person is going to do it. (although sometimes, Brian will go to the store for me and THAT is one of my favorite things.)

So today, when Noah came into my room at 5:20 in the AM to ask me if he could sleep with me, I said “sure!” I mean, why not? Brian had left for work and have you seen how cute this boy is? How could I say no?

He laid down and got cuddly and then said “oh! I have to go to the bathroom.” So, he went. And then he started telling me about a dream he had about me running a red light and a bumble bee that talked.

“Okay, Noah, go to sleep.”

“wait! There’s more,” he said. And he continued. His dreams are very long, very detailed.

Finally, he stopped and we laid there and he couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t sleep. His mind was probably racing with bumble bees and Mario Kart while mine raced with EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.

Finally, he decided to go back to his room because he “missed his puppies and stuff.” It was 6:15, the sun was shining, I tucked him back into his bed.

I laid back down in my bed and all I could think about was my to-do list.

So, doing the exact opposite that I normally would have done, I got out of bed, brushed my teeth, made the bed, poured the coffee, got dressed, put on makeup and sat in silence, working, until 8:30.

It’s interesting because even though I woke up so early and I’ve been tired all day long, I’ve been a kitchen cleaning, floor mopping, toilet scrubbing, laundry doing, grocery shopping, bank going, fruit cutting, brownie baking, post writing fool.

But, still, if he ever, ever wakes me up at 5:20 in the AM again, I’m pretty sure he’s going to have to find his own apartment.

And by the way, he fell back asleep and didn’t wake up until 9:45!

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