yaaawn

tired! went to sleep last night around quarter to 5. the sky was getting lighter! i just wasn't tired. the baby in the monitor was cranky and fussy. i finally fell to sleep.

up at 6 am with a phone call. back to bed. up again for work at 6:30. downstairs to french braid hair. girls leave for school at 7:05. i leave for daycare with the toddler around 7:20. she drew me a picture this morning. it's quite beautiful and i hung it immediately on the fridge. i even wrote her name and the date on the back.

8am went back to bed. slept until 11, when my alarm went off. snooze. snooze. snoozed many times. then finally at 11:40, i said to myself, "okay, i'm getting up now." and then i shut off my alarm clock and got right back into bed. and fell immediately asleep.

woke up at 12:27. staff meeting is at 12:30. whoops.

jumped out of bed. immediately got dressed. did hair and makeup. downstairs by 12:32. they hadn't even started yet!

and it gets better. Courtney's birthday is on friday and so today was her birthday staff meeting celebration! we had ice cream and cupcakes. delish.

and then! after staff meeting there was a party upstairs for one of the girls who has been here for three years. we had lots of chips and ice cream cake. and soda.

and that's all i've eaten today. crap junk food. but so good.

i had the baby girl up here from 4:30 until 8:30. she ate a little. fussed a little. slept a little. we played on the floor for a little bit. practiced her reaching and grabbing.

i tried to take a mom nap while she napped, but that didn't really happen. she slept from 6pm until 6:23. and i think i fell asleep right around 6:20. ah well.

i have her again tomorrow from 10:30 until 5:30. i'm going to bed early tonight.

can't believe it's 9 o'clock! what the what?!

man i'm tired. maybe it's because i'm still listening to the baby lullabyes. they're just so nice and soothing. there must be some subliminal messaging in them saying, "go to sleep....you're so tired....sleeepp...." or something.

i'm hungry.

i realized this afternoon in staff meeting that i'm leaving for ireland in less than 2 weeks. OMG. and then i got really sick feeling and realized that i have so much to do. i need shoes and accessories!!!!! i can't find anything red!!!! i also need a little sweater item for over my dress incase it's cold. what will the weather in ireland be like?

the light in my kitchen burnt out last week and i don't know how to change it. it's like, on the ceiling. like, a globe type light. and it's too high to reach. and i don't have anything to stand on. because i have no chairs. so, i had to move the light from the cave room into the kitchen. and now it's weird. it was a weird atmosphere change. i'll have to figure out how to change it.

also, i have had offers of people wanting to help me put in my air conditioners, so that makes me happy. and very grateful because i have never had air conditioning in my life. i kind of assumed that it just worked like a window fan. you just put it in the window and plugged it in. but apparently there are screws involved.

ok. i'm going downstairs to check in. and then i will eat supper. and then i will go to bed.

talk to you later. hope your night is well.

<3