Oh I keep forgetting she's only three. Do not listen to anyone who assumes that the "Terrible Two's" are the worst. Nope, it's actually 3's! I am so tired of the "I want to do it myself" and "No I don't want to". I have to keep reminding myself that oh --she's just asserting her toddler independence. When what I really want to do is scream and say oh just grow up already so we can get past this phase! Lately we've been having sleeping issues.
1) She won't go to sleep without some kind of screaming, etc.
2) She won't stay in her bed.
3) She will cry, holler, moan and weep inconsolably if she wants her daddy (instead of mean old mom).
4) She will wake you up at the crack of dawn...which lately is 6:00 am.
Now, number 4 isn't so bad since I usually am ready to leave the house for work by then. But the days I am off and want to sleep in until at least 7:30 - 8 am; I just want want to die. Mostly because it's my fault with my trying to do everything after I get home from working a full day and then don't get to bed until 1am. How the heck would I get anything done if I didn't?
I haven't figured out the whole sleep issue yet. I thought hmmm..maybe if we don't give her a nap maybe she'll sleep earlier? But then she'd be fine one day without a nap and have a major meltdown before 6pm if she didn't have a nap. Catch 22. Do I want to deal with the meltdown while I'm in the midst of cooking dinner at 5:30p or do I want to deal with it later on in the day? Try consoling a high needs toddler while you're cooking something and I can guarantee you'll burn dinner and be even more ticked off. Sigh.
I went to the neurologist and he's confirmed my carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands. It comes and goes but is getting really bad where it's beginning to wake me up at night. So I'm not getting much sleep at all -- maybe 4 hours if I'm lucky! I don't seen the hand surgeon until the end of November (yeah, can you believe it?) Not like I'm eager to go under the knife. I've heard stories from folks who've had the surgery -- they've never regained the strength in their hands or it was just mediocre. I think I just need to quit work for awhile and rest up. I guess blogging doesn't help much nor does doing scrapbooking or stamping. Anyway, I don't know what I'll do next.
Last week Friday was our 11th Anniversary. We went out to dinner at this French restaurant in Corvallis called Le Bistro. Oh my gosh...it was heaven. I normally don't go for the fat filled creamy/butter rich dishes but a girl has to live a little, especially after 11 years of marriage. What was actually nice was that our food was nice and hot and we didn't have to cater to a toddler's constant interruption of the dinner time meal. We arrived at 7:30p and didn't leave until almost 10p -- a four course leisurely meal.
Anyway, I suppose I should post something "creative" after all my whining! How many pages are about YOU in your scrapbook? Do you have anything in your journaling on your pages that reflect the real you? Not the mom, wife or daughter you are. But you as an individual. Think of 10 things you'd want someone to know about you (just brief sentences) and find a photo of yourself that you LOVE. Scrapbook it today!
J-
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