Night Time Blues

Something's got to give....EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT Desi get's SUPER excited. She is a ball of energy that doesn't want to rest. No matter what I have to do, she will not just lay down and watch tv, listen to music, or sit in silence. She just go, go, go!!

After four and a half years you would think that I have this parenting thing figured out, but I don't. We share a room, and our room is where I do homework, relax....live. Our room is like my living space, since we live with quite a few other people. When I am home I rarely leave the room, but some things are going to have to change! She starts Kinder in like 6-7 months (still not sure what school she is going to, so not sure when she will be starting), and ideally I would love to be able to go to sleep early....but realistically, that will not happen on many nights. I have tons of homework and a kid to tend to.

Organization. Schedules. Time Management.

Those are all bad words! Those words are NOT allowed to be used around here! 

Clearly, we see the problem. I don't utilize any of those words. Ever. But I am thinking it's time. I think it will help our nights go over smoothly, and get the girl prepared for the Kinder Life. As much as I would like to get things finished before Desi hit the sheets, I am thinking it may not be the greatest of ideas.  Take tonight for instance; I left at 6:30 am and didn't get home until 8:00ish. She wanted my time. I am actually feeling quite guilty/sad/neglectful after thinking about this. She NEEDS my time. I pushed her wants and needs to the side to finish up some scholarship stuff. Granted, we played a little, but it wasn't enough. She stayed home sick again today (stayed with my mom), and was thrilled when I walked through the door. While I was filling out a form and looking up tuition/fees, she was bouncing around EVERYWHERE. No amounts or tones of "Sit down!" would suffice. Again, it was a time that she needed me. We cuddle nearly every night. Had I put MY business away for about 30 minutes, I probably could have savaged what nerves I had left.

Over the next month I will work hard on getting organized, making and sticking to a schedule, and managing my time. Hopefully it will calm my little Tasmanian devil down (she's seriously like the cartoon character...just all over the place). I am hoping and praying that in the next month I can say that I no longer have to deal with the night time blues.

Goodnight.
Love.

A little cold.

Monday I decided to take Desi and my nephew to the park. I decided to wash my hair before I went, but little did I know, IT WAS FREEZING! Ok, a little exaggeration there....it WAS in deed cold. The wind was blowing pretty hard, so not only was my head cold, but I couldn't study.  We spent only about 30 minutes there, but by the time we got home we were sniffling. Tuesday's are my "all day days" where I spend the whole day at work and school, and when I got home Desi said "I was sneezing ALL DAY at school!". ME TOO! I hate sneezing, and I hate when people around me sneeze....it's gross. Thousands of germs traveling at about 100 miles an hour (which is around 147 feet per second).

She's now a snotty mess. I think I will keep her home today.  One thing that drives me extremely nuts is when people send their sick kids to school/day care. I will spare you that rant.

Meanwhile, I finished my homework that's due tonight last night. Long story short, I'm an extreme procrastinator. Usually the work gets done about an hour or so before I have to leave for class. Let me tell you how great it feels to be able to just lay here and do nothing right now! I think I will take a nap even, or do some Calc homework.

Enough of my randomness for the day. The girl is no longer in sight, and is too quiet. Anyone with kids know that a quiet 4 year old is probably a bad thing.

Happy Hump Day!
Love.

Nothing Special!

Wow, I haven't posted in a while.

As I sit here and type my child is laying here, crying, for unknown reasons. No, she's not hurt. She's not in any pain. She's just moody. She took a ton of toys into my mom's room, and my mom told her to take them out....and then, my friends, is when the moodiness started. She got so mad that she threw away her dress up shoes. Yea, she's not getting those back.....someone needs to learn to manage her anger better than that!

I have been pretty busy with school, and trying to keep up with all of these deadline dates. I have a planner, and always forget that I have a planner, so I never use it, which in turn causes me to forget EVERYTHING! I think I will start carrying it around in my hand rather than in my purse or bag.

I am trying to not stress myself about school and transferring ..although, it is hard not to stress about it. It will be a huge thing for both Desi and I. Big changes! I am excited, yet nervous at the same time. I will share all of that news at the end of April when I get some news myself.

I have a Political Science quiz on Tuesday, and had an Calculus exam last week. I didn't do so swell on that exam, so I plan to spend more time in the math lab and Barnes & Nobles for studying purposes. The girl has no school tomorrow because of Presidents Day, so I may stay home and just go to the park with some note cards to study.

I hope everyone is enjoying this nice long weekend!