Last night we had a battle plan. We pulled out the sleeper sofa for Charlie, got the cats out of the downstairs and kept our grandbaby up until after 8 PM. Rachel konked out on the love seat and Chuck carried her up. I put our grandbaby in his crib, and Charlie was asleep by nine on the sofa bed. Jon, of course, always goes to bed on his own. He's a true blessing!
Everyone slept. Charlie woke up sunny and happy this morning. Words could not describe our relief.
Yesterday, when I was so wrung out, a friend offered to bring Rachel to her house off of the bus, so I was able to get some sleep yesterday and it also allowed me to do my workout. It's sometimes hard to take people up on their kindnesses, but I was glad that I did. Things would have spiraled down if I had not tried to nap when the baby did.
She reminded me that launching into full time infant care is almost like having a baby. You go from your normal life to the life of new "mother". It's good to be able to relax a bit once in a while.
Also, yesterday I showed Jon how to load the dishwasher. He was resistant. Afterward I let him and Rachel help me make peanut butter cookies. I mentioned how I had much more free time that evening because he had helped me. He's promised to help again, and I let him pick what we have for dinner tonite. Hamburgers. That's easy. I'll just have a boca burger instead. People without gallbladders don't choose burgers unless they want to spend the hours after dinner in the bathroom.
Today is parent conferences for Charlie. Rachel was feeling very sleepy and stayed home from Preschool. She's had a tummy ache for two days, so we just let her sleep. After 12:30 my day will be a bit busy with all four kids at school together, but I am not going to get myself upset worrying about it. It's just a meeting. I can deal with that.
