Dear Monday

You came way too early.

Wind blasting our house at 40+mph. I get to wake up at 5:30AM.

Alex entering our bed after waking up. And of course Aidan is up early too. Nobody wakes up quietly here, there's always screaming involved. Highlight... Although I don't get back to sleep, I get to lay there holding a sleeping Alex. That really is a nice part of the morning!

I get blamed for a lack of time in the morning. Charming. I state there won't be any rides to school if the bus is missed. More huffing. It's all my fault.

I don't want cereal. I want eggs. My lunch isn't here. Someone moved my coat. (To be answered with, I'm not making more eggs, I didn't move the lunch or the coat. 2 minutes til the bus is here).

Toddler/preschool aged kids way.too.noisy.

One child is running a fever. The automated message asks me if I want his homework collected. If he's too sick to go to school, how is he well enough for homework? Play the game.

Fights over a magnetic train. Where is my wallet?! (You don't need that for school. Have some cereal).....(but I don't WANT cereal)

It's crazy hair day at school for some of mine but I'm not feeling it today. The hair stuff is in my room where the baby and my husband are still sleeping.

I'm really looking forward to the coffee I know I'm going to be ordering this morning. I'd typed 'afternoon' because that's how far away it seems to me right now.
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(Yes, I'd rather my home be loud than quiet. Children are a wonderful reason to lose sleep. We had a great weekend with a good friend from Bethel. Many rounds of Catan were played. There was a birthday party.)
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Sometimes I don't have the mental energy to sugarcoat some of this any more. I really do wish I was still in bed, or that I got a full night of sleep. I wish I wAsnt getting glared at by a child right now who didn't get enough sleep last night.

To be continued.