Talk about being tired…

Boy am I whopped!

After a night of sleeplessness and Jake’s bloody nose, here’s what followed.

I got the kids home around 5:45 and was too tired to think of something to eat. I was going to go with fast food but that’s always a hit and miss with the kids. So I sat them down and fed them PB&J sandwiches for dinner. How horrible am I? BUT… they gobbled it down with milk like it was their favorite dinner dish ever.

Both my kids are sick. Feverish, cough, runny nose, etc. And when they are sick, they are cranky. But give ‘em credit, they didn’t fight to go to bed.

They took some cough medicine, brushed their teeth, changed and got in bed with out any problems what so ever. What a pleasure that was.

Bella wanted to ‘sleep on your tummy’ as she says. Which relates to sleeping on my chest while I pat her on the back. But I couldn’t do that or I’d fall asleep and had to do little things like put the dishes in the dish washer, etc.

So I told her I’d come back and kiss her nite-nite when I was done.

They were asleep so fast neither called or complained about anything.

Finally I plopped down on the recliner to watch the ball game. Finally… rest!

8:30 rolls around and Donna gets home and guess what… I’m STARVING!

Bella wakes up and I go and get her while Donna takes a bath. She lays on my chest as I finish the end of the game and she cheers when the White Sox storm the field to celebrate their World Series Championship.

So around 9:30 I decide I need to eat. Donna and Bella hit the bed, I go to TOMMY’S.

Which is the biggest mistake ever. I hate doing that. But its my go-to food when I’m starving. I hate it. I hate what it does to me at night, what it does to me the following day, and what it does to me overall. Damn its good, but damn it hurts so bad!

By 11:00 I’m so tired I need to get to bed. I check on Jake, cover him up and find that perfect spot in bed that will lead me to the promised land of sleep.

11:05 PM

“I HAVE A BLOODY NOSE!”

Yep. FIVE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES INTO MY DREAM LAND I HEAR THE CALL.

I rush over to Jake and the blood is POURING out of his nose. He’s feverish and bleeding. I get a wet cold towel and put it around his neck, find a comfortable spot on his bed and hold his nose.

I held it for 45 minutes.

At least SIDEWAYS was on HBO again. It was between SIDEWAYS and GARDEN STATE and I decided Sideways was more tame to watch. More relaxing. I needed relaxing.

Finally the bloody nose stops. The cool towel helped Jake’s fever as he felt fine and he wasn’t complaining about laying there with a towel on his head.

Finally I get to bed dreading another call before morning. It is midnight.

Then suddenly I hear Donna say…

“Glenn, It’s late.”

Yup. Just like that It’s morning and I overslept.

I’m tired. And I have to go to work.

I want to cry.

And this... is enough to make me cry laughing!!!

Thanks to Eric Martin who sent this picture to me...



God that's funny!!!