What a busy day I've had!
Wow, I came really close to over-doing it today. Let me tell you how my day went.
I got up around 8am because that's when the NyQuil wore off and I started hacking up a lung. I got out of bed and went downstairs right away so Jason could keep sleeping. I didn't want him to think there was an earthquake or something by the way the bed was shaking from all the coughing. So I got a drink of water, and then Lauren woke up right after that, so we decided to have some breakfast. After slaving over the cold cereal, we turned on some cartoons. At 9am, I decided to head back up to bed for a while. So I slept for a little while longer, until, oh, 1pm or so. I can't believe I slept that long! But with being sick and everything, I haven't had a decent night's sleep in over a week, so I deserved it, right? Right! At that point, I decided it was time for a shower. So I got all that out of the way, and then I laid around again for a while. Maybe the shower wore me out or something. By this time, it was 3pm-ish, and we had to run out to get a birthday present for a friend of Alex's who's having a party tomorrow. I also wanted to check into getting safety bed rails for Lauren, because she fell out of bed not once, but two times last night, contributing to my crappy night's sleep.
On the way home from Toys R Us, we stopped at JP's favorite place, Taco Bell. With the high activity level of the day, I just didn't feel like I had the energy to make the kids dinner. Either that, or there was no food at home, and the kitchen was such a pit that I couldn't have made dinner in there if I had wanted to. I'm not sure which it was. After dinner, the kids and I sat on the couch and stared at each other for a while. Then I decided it was probably time to try to get the safety rails installed on Lauren's bed, so we wouldn't have a repeat of last night.
These safety rails should not have been difficult to install, and really they weren't. But you know how, when you're doing something you've never done before and you're trying to make sense of the directions, you usually end up making things harder than they should be? Yeah, that's me. The rails expand in height and length from the way they're packed in the box, and I couldn't get them to lock into place. I wonder how many times I mumbled, "Piece of sh*#!" Probably too many, considering what a small project this was. Well, I got it all in place, and she was very excited to jump in when I was finished.
You may be wondering why there is a safety rail next to the wall. Won't the wall act as a safety rail? Yes, I suppose it would, if I planned to keep the bed there. But I would like to rearrange her room, hopefully tomorrow. Jason and Sharkey just set the bed up where the crib had been, so things are kind of packed in there. Maybe I should say that Jason set it up there--Sharkey suggested rearranging right then and there, but Jason opted for the easy way. On the left side of the picture, you can see that the door won't even open all the way, it bangs into the footboard. I plan to move the bed to where the dresser currently is, and then put the dresser on the wall where the bed is now. So you can see the need for the double safety rails. No more kids going "thud" in the night. Or "thud. thud" in Lauren's case. Everbody wins!
I got up around 8am because that's when the NyQuil wore off and I started hacking up a lung. I got out of bed and went downstairs right away so Jason could keep sleeping. I didn't want him to think there was an earthquake or something by the way the bed was shaking from all the coughing. So I got a drink of water, and then Lauren woke up right after that, so we decided to have some breakfast. After slaving over the cold cereal, we turned on some cartoons. At 9am, I decided to head back up to bed for a while. So I slept for a little while longer, until, oh, 1pm or so. I can't believe I slept that long! But with being sick and everything, I haven't had a decent night's sleep in over a week, so I deserved it, right? Right! At that point, I decided it was time for a shower. So I got all that out of the way, and then I laid around again for a while. Maybe the shower wore me out or something. By this time, it was 3pm-ish, and we had to run out to get a birthday present for a friend of Alex's who's having a party tomorrow. I also wanted to check into getting safety bed rails for Lauren, because she fell out of bed not once, but two times last night, contributing to my crappy night's sleep.
On the way home from Toys R Us, we stopped at JP's favorite place, Taco Bell. With the high activity level of the day, I just didn't feel like I had the energy to make the kids dinner. Either that, or there was no food at home, and the kitchen was such a pit that I couldn't have made dinner in there if I had wanted to. I'm not sure which it was. After dinner, the kids and I sat on the couch and stared at each other for a while. Then I decided it was probably time to try to get the safety rails installed on Lauren's bed, so we wouldn't have a repeat of last night.
These safety rails should not have been difficult to install, and really they weren't. But you know how, when you're doing something you've never done before and you're trying to make sense of the directions, you usually end up making things harder than they should be? Yeah, that's me. The rails expand in height and length from the way they're packed in the box, and I couldn't get them to lock into place. I wonder how many times I mumbled, "Piece of sh*#!" Probably too many, considering what a small project this was. Well, I got it all in place, and she was very excited to jump in when I was finished.
You may be wondering why there is a safety rail next to the wall. Won't the wall act as a safety rail? Yes, I suppose it would, if I planned to keep the bed there. But I would like to rearrange her room, hopefully tomorrow. Jason and Sharkey just set the bed up where the crib had been, so things are kind of packed in there. Maybe I should say that Jason set it up there--Sharkey suggested rearranging right then and there, but Jason opted for the easy way. On the left side of the picture, you can see that the door won't even open all the way, it bangs into the footboard. I plan to move the bed to where the dresser currently is, and then put the dresser on the wall where the bed is now. So you can see the need for the double safety rails. No more kids going "thud" in the night. Or "thud. thud" in Lauren's case. Everbody wins! I hope tomorrow isn't as physically draining as today was!
posted by Character Builder at
11:52 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, your morning started like mine and JP's! Except I think he left the bedroom around 2:00 AM and spent the night on the couch so I could keep sleeping until my coughing began. Man, it sucks to be sick.
Actually, Jason put the bed together by himself. My only contribution was suggesting the new furniture arrangement.And you can see how much good that did!
Hope you're feeling better tomorrow!
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Anonymous, at June 25, 2006 1:04 AM
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