Psychotomy

Saturday was DK’s birthday party, he had fun.

Then early Sunday, Kiir, DK, and PI all left for atlanta. So there’s only me and K-line at home now. which is great, I can do various things that are hard when dealing with everyone. Hit the gym yesterday, ran the first oven through clean cycle, watched some TV and worked my way through about 8 boxes of stuff trying to sort and classify it. 3 boxes into the attic, two boxes trashed, and three still left to process. not bad.

The other major feature of this week is that, with no one else here, I can catch up on my sleep. In fact, my MIL and my wife were both very clear on two subjects:

1. I’m expected to clean this week
2. I am not to complain about being tired because she’s taking BOTH kids and so I can sleep all I want and dammit I better

Which is annoying. Because it’s not like I was planning on an 8-day bender or anything. I ALWAYS clean when she’s gone, and I ALWAYS try to catch up my sleep so I can handle DK (and now PI) more when she gets back tired.

Of course, the problem is that I’m so used to having someone else in the house (kiir since 99) and I’m used to sleeping in DK’s bed with him for hte last 6-9 months (and before that, he was in the bed with me and kiir) … I have trouble sleeping when it’s just me.

Don’t get me wrong, I catch up my sleep in the first two or htree nights when I’m trashed from exhaustion, but after that … I ended up watching TV and cleaning until 3am one time because that was when I was finally tired enough to contemplate laying in bed.

Well, apparently, it’s getting worse. I was exhausted yesterday. Falling asleep at my desk today, frankly. But I ended up going to bed at nearly midnight, which is when I USUALLY go to bed with DK already, so no bonus sleep. And even then I spent 45 minutes tossing in bed before I finally drifted out :/

At least I’m getting some cleaning done?

Posted in: DK, house, PI by attriel /