All my boys are sleeping, and its way too quiet in the house. I am used the chaos that having a 7 year old boy and a puppy dog (not to mention a husband) allows for. Right now, I am watching tv in the living room and I actually feel lonely. I am not used to silence in my house. I am used to hearing mommy a gazillion times from the moment I walk in the door after work. I am used to having the dog barking at whatever passes by the window. I am used to being bombarded by questions by the family. Now, its quiet in here-the TV, the humidifier bubbling, the ticking of the clock on the wall next to the window. Its not what I am used to at this time of day=its the 5 am silence.
Of course, when I get control of the tv, there is nothing on that's worth watching. So I am watching the Nostradamus Effect on History on Demand. Even then, I've seen bits & pieces of this before when it was on originally. The whole needing background noise thing goes back to when I lived by myself for years. I couldn't stand the quiet, so I always had the stereo, tv or radio on to drown out the quiet. The odd thing (proof that we were meant to be together maybe) is the Big Man is the same way. Neither of us can sleep without the radio on. Little Man has picked up on the same bad habits as well. What is interesting is in the beginning he had a lot of sleep issues, but once we let him have the tv in his room and kept it on for him, he started sleeping better. More proof that God has an amazing plan and that He knows what he is doing. I prefer talk radio to music when I am going to bed, and if I don't have something on when I'm sleeping I can't fall asleep.
I actually think that I am going to bed soon myself. It was a little tough getting back into the swing of things this morning after having a few days off. Add to it having to get the little guy up, motivated, dressed and over to Gramah's by 7:30 (did I mention we had a blizzard this weekend?) (did I also mention I don't like driving in snow?) and get myself to work as well...things went off without a hitch this morning, but it was a little nerve wracking. I made it and all was well.
Tomorrow, I need to return some library books & DVD's as well as paying for the book Sonny used as a chew toy. Ugh. To make matters worse, it was a poorly written one so its not even like I want it even though I bought it...oh well life goes on.
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. Margaret D. Nadauld
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