sneaking in a quickie...

here it is, sunday again. and appropriately, the sun is blazing away on our connecticut home. :)

we had some pretty rough weather last night. about 6pm a band of thunderstorms moved through, it included some pretty neat lightening and some really loud thunder. oh, and some rain. rob gets all excited about the weather and stands at the window, ooohing & ahhhing. i keep telling him to calm down, or else he's going to get reese excited/nervous about the weather too. the last thing i need is a 3 year old with a storm phobia. i love storms and would love to just watch the lightening too, though.

this morning is bright and cloudless...still a bit humid, so rob is setting up the fans for maxium air flow. i will be more than ready for fall weather, i'm so tired of the hum of air conditioners and fans...i can't wait for some silence in this house. wait...i have 2 kids, that is not going to happen for a LONG time.

i'm playing hooky from showering. rob took the kids outside and i said i would go hop in the shower & get that over with. obviously, i'm not typing this from the shower. shhhhh....

sundays are supposed to be MY day to sleep in. rob gets saturdays to sleep in; if he wants to wake up at 7am like normal, that's his business. i'm more than willing to get up with the kids and try to get them downstairs without making too much noise on saturday mornings. but guess who got up today with the kids? clue: it wasn't rob. :( oh well. mornings just run more smoothly when i get up with them. rob is not a morning person (although he used to be, i kind of miss that) and if he's in charge of breakfast i usually hear some crying or screaming from the kids. Knowing that there's unhappiness in the house makes it hard to enjoy my snooze. i'll probably guilt him into letting me take a nap later on when one of the kids is asleep.

speaking of sleep (seems to be a favorite topic of mine)...reese is so screwy with her sleep. she just turned 3, so i'd expect about 10 hours straight at night and an hour or 2 nap. we're lucky to get 8 hours at night from her. last night she didn't fall asleep til after 10 and was up at 6. naps are a day-by-day thing, about every other day she refuses to nap. when she totally gives up her nap, i don't know what i'm going to do. i really, really, REALLY like my kid-free time. if both kids happen to nap at the same time, it's like i was blessed by an angel and heaven smiled down on me and i could walk on water...blahblah, you get the idea.

i've been having problems sleeping too. i just can't get comfortable. i get aches & pains all over (back, hips, neck, shoulders) and i'm wondering if we should get a new bed. b/c i feel so sore that i feel like i'm 8 months pg. i've never had problems sleeping unless i was pregnant, i hate not being able to sleep. i'm only 29, but when i get up i feel like i'm twice that. :( i don't even know what i would try for a bed, i'd love to try the sleep # bed, but geez that's expensive. plus can it handle the inevitable jumping that children will sneak in?

suppose i should go hop in the shower. gotta shave my legs...it is sunday, you know :)