Yesterday was a great day! Nana, the girls, and I went on our bike ride, the girls earned their device time with very little lip, I got to play some Overcooked with my brother and sister, and I got to have an overdue FaceTime session with my Pow Wow Crew! My FaceTime session was equipped with the wine of our choice, so much laughter, and some much needed mommy-time…like, close the door and forget everything on the other side of it mommy-time. I polished off 3/4 of a bottle of wine during my mommy-time session. I came out renewed and reset.
I finished the night at 3a. Yes, 3AM! I couldn’t sleep and so I decided to watch some more Black Lightning. I only had 2.5 episodes left in season 3, why not? Welp, 3a was my cutoff, I guess. The wave I was riding was over. So, I allowed my eyelids to kiss and it was lights out! Then, it happened…
My bladder woke me up! I didn’t know what time it was, but I did know I wasn’t ready to wake up. So, I fixed my bladder and jumped right back in bed, knowing that if I just kept my eyes closed, I would eventually fall back asleep. Then, it happened again…
A noise! The first noise was like someone was downstairs, but I kept trying to imagine I was hearing things. Then, I heard someone say, “Alexa.” I popped my head up (because the kids camped out on my room floor) and looked for 2 little bodies. I only saw 1…the 1 that I had hoped it was downstairs so that I could lay back down and go back to sleep. But NOOOOOOOO! That little one was down there by herself. *Sigh!*
I’M UP! When I got downstairs, my little-big girl was fixing herself and her sleeping sister breakfast. She had the Alexa playing music just low enough not to disturb the ones who can sleep through anything, but just loud enough that she would summon me. I was greeted with the biggest hug and smiling face. “Good Morning, Mommy! I’m just making some breakfast.” Oh, you’re so sweet when you want to be! I made my way through the kitchen and happened to catch a glimpse of the oven clock and it had the audacity to cuss…EIGHT THIRTY! Needless to say, as cute of a moment as it was…that little one…she and I GOT BEEF! Let me just eat one of these pancakes first since they’re nice and hot! 😜
