Day 10

I look at the calender and I think "really???? 8 more days???"

We have definitely settled into a pretty good routine. 
Mostly good for me, because the kids are in bed by 7:30 each night. 
Thank goodness for the early darkness, and children who can't read clocks yet!
Although, (just a side note) this plan kind of backfires on me, because since they are in bed so early, they seem to be up earlier too......

I enjoy some of my evenings, because I have full control of what I watch on TV.
I've finished a few shows, watched a few movies, worked on some crafts.
But I find that I am not really eager to climb into a bed...all by myself.

Rich is what I call a "diagonal sleeper".
He usually lays on his stomach, with his arms out at the shoulders, with arms bent, hands under his head.
Then, for whatever reason, his legs head diagonally down the bed, until they are as close to the opposite bottom corner that his head is on.
This leaves me this awkward (yet strangely comfortable) misshapen triangle spot between the sharp point of his bent elbow, and his legs which are fully on "my side".
And I usually curl up in that spot, and fall asleep pretty quickly.

But now I'm having to rearrange pillows and make a little spot for myself to curl up in. 
And its COLD in my bed without his body heat!

Needless to say, I find myself staying up a *smidge* later then I should be, because come 6:00am, when my alarm goes off, it's hard to pop right out of bed!
But I have figured out how to program the coffee machine....and I am getting good at taking out the trash.... There's always a bright side right?

The kids are starting to get sick of me.  I think they have reached the point that they no longer are excited to see "just me" in the morning.  Maeve got really, really, really clingy for a couple days, and I couldn't figure out how to shake her.  She was constantly in my space, grabbing my clothing, sitting half on my lap.  Rich reminded me that he does pick her up, every. single. morning. and hold her when she first gets up, so I have tried to do that as well.  And it seems to be working.  
Cannon wants to wrestle, and practice arm pit farts, and talk Lego's with me...and I'm doing my best to not get hurt, and show some interest in all that "boy" stuff.
Brynn is getting to the point where she is picking fights with me, just because.  It's been...fun? Ha!
Nolan starts every morning full force, yelling for me to get him out of his bed, and ends each day with just as much energy, and I am just stinking tired of being the only one who has to keep up with him.

8 days left.
8 days left.
8 days left.