Thank goodness it's Tuesday -
My son has decided that sleep isn't necessary, which means my mind has concluded that forming complete sentences is also not mandatory.
I think my whole body might be planning a mutiny. Who knows who will end up in charge by the end of the week?
I have lots of thoughts jumping through my brain, but they aren't particularly coherent or useful.
They're more along the lines of - tea, need shower, more tea NOW, stop whining, and dear lord not again.
There is also an impressive quantity of chocolate being eaten. (I suggest you don't mention it or the fact I look tired.)
Speaking of chocolate, I baked chocolate chip cookies last night. Have you ever read the side of the box of baking soda?
Apparently bicarbonate of soda is magical. Suggested uses included household cleaner, relieving minor skin irritations and swimming pool care.
Doesn't this seem a little versatile to be edible to anybody else? It kind of freaks me out a little.
(Don't worry, I'm still eating the freakin' cookies.)
These are the kind of strange thoughts that sneak into my mind when I'm exhausted.
I remember watching an interview with Reese Witherspoon back when she had a young kid. She talked about how the lack of sleep was shocking, but that she actually liked herself better a little sleep deprived.
I can actually relate to that.It's just not possible to be that uptight when you're tired. You have to laugh the second time you try to put the ice cream in the cupboard.
Tea. I really need more caffeine.
The whole exhausted thing is certainly affecting my productivity, even if it seems to improve my outlook at times.
My house is dirty.
I'm behind on work hours.
I'm behind on blog stuff.
But you know something., life is still pretty good. As long as I get myself successfully caffeinated and have a shower, I think I can handle just about anything.
(Did you know that if you misspell caffeinated badly enough Blogger will suggest fornicated as the correct spelling? Noted.)
As my Mom would say, some days you just have to put on your big girl panties. (She's picked up all kinds of colorful expressions since she moved to Arkansas.)
I guess that's my random take away this week. My bad days just usually aren't that bad. And I should really stop whining about them.
Please visit the Un-Mom for more (meaning better) random thoughts.
49 comments:
Im with you on the no sleep thing (duh, it is the name of my blog) I wish I could like myself sleep deprived though....not so much
"stop whining, and dear lord not again."
Lately those are the two most prominent thoughts in my mind.
Controlled randomness is very impressive. I'm in awe of your skills.
Maybe blogger wasn't trying to spellcheck for you. MAYBE it was speaking to you!
This was AWESOME and I'm such a better person for having read your post today. (NOT that I'm not ALWAYS a better person.. (: ) This was hilarious. I think you should intentionally deprive yourself of sleep so you can produce great blog posts.
And also, blogger has such a great sense of humor. That spellcheck..always throwing me for a loop. (:
Enjoy the cookies, get a nap in, and relax. This phase will be over before you .. wake up. (:
Fornicated, lol, really!
Yes you can survive on little or no sleep. I've not slept through the night but a for about a week in the last 18 months. I. Kid. You. Not. My almost three year old simply doesn't sleep through he night no matter what I do.
Caffeine, the gift of sleep deprived moms.
As an insomniac, I have found it gives me the ability to see the world and it's people more tolerable. It gives you that "Whatever" attitude that helps you get along better with idiots and disasters...
Yay, I don't like to read about all the grimy purposes of baking soda when I'm putting in yummy cookies. In a bit of bizareness (according to my doctor friend), I'm aparently allergic to it in it's raw form. Of course, I've only discovered that from eating lots of raw cookie dough and experimenting with eating more.
i hope your son soon decides that sleep is good... at least for the mama! but at least with caffeine & a shower (and the chocolate doesn't hurt) we can somehow manage to see the goodness in a day :)
Love it. I think that randomly every single day. And the baking soda thing - yeah the stuff is ridiculous. Heck, they make toothpaste with it!
Have a great rest of the day! :)
Man.... now you got me wanting cookies!
Pull up your big girl panties and give your boy a little shot of whiskey and maybe you have one too and Zzzzzzz!
I had always heard that about Arkansas...
When I need a pick-me-up, I eat a few dark chocolate Hershey Kisses. Then I get a quick sugar boost plus a little caffeine.
They work for emotional pick-me-ups as well.
I could sure go for a nice nap right about now myself. And I could really go for those chocolate chip cookies! :)
Mmmmmmm - cookies!
Change the tea to coffee and we're pretty much in the same boat. I hope things get better soon. :)
Sleep? Sleep? What's sleep? I'm so tired I forgot what it is...
i think your randomness was great. I am also impressed you were able to cook all sleep deprived.
"I think my whole body might be planning a mutiny. Who knows who will end up in charge by the end of the week?"
Cracked me up! I can so relate!
I think I like the sleep deprived K! I like the stream of consciousness vibe to the post. It's fun :)
Great randoms!!
Totally know what you mean about being behind.
My brain is seriously lost in fog and can't wait for the vacations days starting soon.
Big girl panties is my favorite line to use when giving advice to girlfriends.
And I've become more productive with the lack of no sleep. Whudda thunk it?
:)
big girl panties. I love that expression. I need to put mine on right now.
I'm off to shop for big girl panties!!
Oh no, I'm sorry you're in the no sleep boat too. We've been in it for the past few weeks (one day he woke up at 4:20 FOR THE DAY). Here's to more sleep for everyone. Here here~!
There are even more uses for Coca-Cola than for baking soda, but i still love the stuff. ;-)
I am with you on not much sleep, Little is on a sleep strike and hubs it out of town for the week. but I still have to be FT mom and work FT from home. Ah, such is life! ;) But we trudge along! :)
Soon, it will get better right?
LOL
Cindy
http://vegetarianmamma.blogspot.com
excellent randomness. can i have a cookie? :)
I would misspell caffeinated every single time just to laugh at the spell check suggestions.
Get some sleep girlfriend.
Ick! A toddler that doesn't want to sleep is pretty much a recipe for disaster! Me and sleep deprivation don't do well ... I don't really like myself and no one else does either. I'm glad you and Reese have a bit of better time with it. But chocolate will make ANYTHING seem better!!!
And I love the caffeinated/fornicated connection!
Heh...you definitely sound like me after a month of midnight shifts with 2pm daily staff meetings.
You just can't fake that kind of sleep-deprivation-fueled randomness... :)
Brilliant. I found those random thoughts to be frighteningly organized. Perhaps I'm on a similar sleep deprived wavelength.
Haven't given much thought to baking soda uses, though, thank goodness...
Even when tired, you hold onto your perspective? I'm impressed!
I kind of like that feeling when my brain stays asleep and tells my body that it can just go and run on caffeine all by itself. I'm at my most creative at the beginning of that phase. Although when it goes on for too long I need to avoid driving (and operating heavy machinery).
That was hilarious.
The ice cream in the pantry - I try to do that kind of thing way too often.
I'm a total crank when I go without sleep.
Mmmm, tea. I'm a huge fan of tea.
And chocolate.
Constant fatigue is becoming a fact of my life. I agree that showers and caffeine help a lot! Hopefully, undisturbed sleep will happen for you soon. In the meantime, enjoy those cookies. I love the ice cream in the cupboard thought. I've put some real strange things into my freezer!
I am totally loving this post...man can I relate! LOL
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...cookies.....
Sleep deprivation is just awful. How can one like oneself after a bad night?
Anyway, try to get some rest. Don't eat all the cookies!
I love the expression pull up your big girl panties. And, you figure if baking soda goes into something as good as chocolate chip cookies, it must be alright.
Awesome post, even for a bad day, I so feel the same way most of the time, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Love the random thoughts. Something I would do. I think those are my favorite posts actually.
fornicated - hah!
And me- I like myself much much better WITH sleep. Oh yeah.
I have a suggestion. Switch the tea for coffee and double the dose of chocolate. You will feel fine in no time at all.
Hooray for baking soda!
Ain't it neat?
And cheers for National
Baking Soda Week
It cures a cold
And prevents the flu
And you can use it
In your car battery, too.
To put out fires of fat or grease
Pass the baking soda, please.
(John Hartford)
As you already know, the randomness in my life centers around the bizarre things my memory chooses to retain (while tossing out the useful stuff, like where I left my keys.)
"You have to put on your big girl panties"
Now that's one I will have to remember. I think all Moms’ (parents) feel like that from time to time.
My motto is don't talk to me before I've had my coffee!!! Never happens though. I settle for sucking down a hot cup of coffee with one hand while making breakfast with the other. =)
I'm so with you on the baking soda thing. I get a little twinge when I add it...like I'm mixing in a tsp of Carpet Fresh to my cookie batter.
Sounds like alot of fun but I'm going to continue to enjoy the naps. I spend my weekends getting my almost one year old to wear herself out so she will take a decent nap!
Once you've gotten yourself successfully caffeinated and showered, you've actually accomplished quite a lot, in MY book anyway.
Your spellcheck...snicker.
Oh, it's been a long time since I've thought about some of the colorful fun Arkansas phrases I learned. Since I live in the desert I tend to use "It's hotter 'an two squirrels screwin' in wool sock on a hill in Peach Tree."
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