Make it stop.  This kid refuses to nap.  He will do anything but nap.  I had him in the bed for over three hours today and he never did just give it up and catch a snooze.  And he needs one so badly.  Right before bed, everything falls apart.  He turns into nightmare child, hitting and kicking and screaming.  Completely out of character.  Most nights I’m able to just take a deep breath and just let him scream (all while feeling like I want to rip my hair out).  Last night he had a meltdown because he couldn’t see the lines on the toilet paper to tear it evenly.  Tonight it was the process of getting undressed that sent him into a screaming wall pounding rage.  I just hate dealing with it because I know it could be avoided I guess.  He hasn’t napped in several days.  I’m now experiencing what it is like to have a kid who falls asleep in 15 minutes though (that’s new to me).  The night before last was a new moon, so he kept me up pretty much all night.  Then would not take a nap the next day.

We’ve been house hunting hard.  Things are all up in the air right now.  It is all exhausting me.  Meanwhile, our current house is falling apart.  The ceiling is leaking, and not far from falling in.  Every time it rains, we have to blockade off the area with Caleb’s  Cranium Fort stuff.  Nice huh?  Then there’s the kitchen sink.  It also leaks.  I took a shower yesterday morning, then got Caleb a bath about an hour later.  Several hours after that, I started a load of laundry.  No harm right?  Yeah, not until I was crawling behind Caleb’s train chasing it with a police car and he called out “River Mommy!  A river!”  I look in front of us and sure enough, there is a river flowing out of the cabinet below the sink halfway across the kitchen already.  I saw the laundry soap residue in the sink.  So I headed to the laundry closet.  It has overflowed the drain and there is another gallon or two of water under the washer.  Super.  Oops, gotta pee.  Haha, not done yet.  Yep, both toilets overflowed and the tub is full of brown water and toilet paper.  AWESOME!!  Did I mention that this already has already happened in the eight short months that we’ve lived here?  Tree roots are growing into the pipe and they stop it completely up every six months.  I was told by the last plumber that he had been here several times for the same problem.  They have yet to just run a new drain line further from the huge tree.  Understand why we’re moving again?  Good.

And I almost forgot.  Conveniently, our dog slipped his collar over his head and took off at some point last night.  The shelter finally picked him up mid afternoon about five miles away.  $100 we didn’t have.  Here ya go.  Can I wash dog bowls or something?  Seriously the last thing we needed right now.  So he’s back home from his grand adventure, complete with a microchip installed (required, so that next time they can just call you to come pay your fines and get your dog back).

Anyway, I’m off to clean up the mayhem that has taken place during the last two days of plumbing nightmare.  Like I said, sleep is for the weak, no matter how exhausted you are, there’s always more to do.  Ahhhhh!  *runs away screaming waving arms in the air*

Comments

5 Responses to “sleep is for the weak”

    Amber
    January 28th, 2009 10:18 pm

    I’m truly sorry everything is so shitty right now (pardon the pun…hehe) but I could not help but laugh hysterically at Caleb’s meltdown over the toilet paper! ‘Cause he couldn’t see the lines to tear it? Who tears it neatly at the lines anyway! Hahahahaha!!!! It reminds me of me when I’m pms’ing. Love it! Keep your chin up.

    Jax
    January 29th, 2009 8:52 am

    And I thought I was having a hard time right now, but you take the award! But seriously Max has been AWFUL recently too- I had to (literally) drag him through the parking lot at Hobby Lobby yesterday ’cause my hands were full so I couldn’t carry him and he wouldn’t walk. But if he doesn’t sleep, he gets shut in his room anyway so I at least get a break (and most times he’ll eventually go to sleep).

    Julie
    January 29th, 2009 9:32 am

    You sound like you need a hug. I hope you have a better day. Thinking of you…

    Jen
    January 29th, 2009 12:49 pm

    I’m so sorry everything is going badly right now.

    You should report that landlord to your local housing department- The city will most likey send someone out to inspect the property and then force the landlords to fix everything, PROPERLY. You should not have to deal with this B.S. when you are paying rent to live there!

    Dianna
    February 2nd, 2009 3:28 pm

    Oh gosh, that’s terrible. I’m so sorry about it all. I think you should give Caleb two options: either nap or watch you clean and be quiet. No toys, no talking, just sit and watch. Or help if you think he can, I’m not sure if that would just make more work for you though. Hope you can find a new place soon.

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