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.