Just more petty bitching & moaning... but what else is LJ good for?

[captain_slinky]

We had a really good thing going there for about 4 days. Dinner came early (between 5 and 5:30), then at 7 we would turn off the TV and have some "Quiet Time" where we just read for about an hour, all cuddled-up as a family. Molly would be out by 8 and not wake-up till some time between 6 and 7 the next morning, 8 at the latest.

But yesterday we screwed that all up. I didn't get to tire Molly out like I usually can due to my Butt-and-Foot Disease, and khristle was sick last night so she took some Nyquil at 5:30 and went to bed.

Molly DID NOT appreciate that. I tried my darndest to follow the procedure on my own, but she fought "Quiet Time" for a full hour and a half. Finally, at 10pm, I decided we were just going to go and lay down in bed as a family. Yeah, that didn't work either. All it did was wake up khristle for a little while. So we hobbled back in to the living room and i decided "Screw It - I'm watching some TV". She finally fell asleep during the opening of Conan O'Brien.

...But not for long.

I had decided to put Molly in bed with khristle and then I would go sleep in The Big Comfy Chair, which feels good on my poor broken butt. Juuuuuuuust as i fell asleep, Molly started screaming and khristle had to come out and ask me if I knew where a "Bink" was. I jumped up, pain shot through my butt and back and foot, but i found a Bink and shoved it in her mouth, collapsing on the bed in pain and exhaustion. I figure that was about 2 in the morning, maybe 3.

Molly got me up at 7:30 this morning, she's just as chipper and happy as can be. I feel like one of the marines from near the end of Full Metal Jacket :(

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

are you going to see a doctor?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Well of COURSE not! That would be a responsible, sensible thing to do!

I usually let stuff go for 3 days. If my body can't show me that it has taken steps to remedy the problem by then, I punish it by taking it to see a doctor.

[fritters.livejournal.com]

Caffeine is your friend.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Caffeine *used* to be my friend. Now it's just a flirt and a liar :(

See, if I drink to saty awake when she's awake, i end up being completely unable to fall asleep till several hours after she has gone down. This gives her an unfair advantage over me when she wakes-up; she's got 9 hours of sleep, I have 4. So instead i use my bullheadedness and my martyr-like powers to just stay awake with her.

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

You didn't hear it from me but.....

Nyquil works on children, too!

Not to say I condone the drugging of children. Or that I ever did such a thing on my own *innocent whistle*... But once in awhile, it's good to get a full nights sleep.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Nyquil, Bourbon, Black-Tar Heroin... Crystal won't let me try ANYTHING on the kid!

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to understand.... Crystal gets to sleep, therefore she is more equipped to put stop to all your sleepy desires to stifle the young one's ability to keep you awake and moving. Interesting...