Frazzled

I just managed to finish and publish a backlog of posts. Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few days.

Riley is currently in another one of his terrible sleep patterns. These days he wakes up for the day between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. I can keep him in our bed nurse him for a hour or so, but I never really fall back asleep. And once Riley has had his fill of nursing, he gets a little rambunctious. So I generally bring him downstairs around 6 or so, so Bryan can get a little more sleep.

I was coping with this while Megan was in school by taking a cat nap while Riley took his afternoon nap. But now that she is home full time, I don't get to do that anymore. Megan looks at Riley's nap time as her chance to have 100% of my attention. Needless to sat that isn't quite my point of view. But Megan can be relentless in getting her needs met, so a compromise of sorts has been reached. Sadly that compromise does not include a nap for me.

And to add more into the mix, I've been working on updating my (sadly out of date) resume every spare momenet I can find. It was a project I had mentally scheduled for next month, but I saw a job posting the other day that could be perfect for me. And I need to apply before we leave.

Right now I am burning the candle at both ends trying to meet everyone's needs (including my own). But I keep reminding myself that this time next week we will be on vacation, and I can spend the month recharging.