Just exh….

Yep, too tired to even type out the word exhausted.

I have been trying for almost a week now to post on here, but each time I start, I just find myself with no energy to even chat.

Daddy has been in Las Vegas since Monday trying to find us a house rental.   He actually drove his car over there, so for the first two days, he was on the road.

So I have been a single mom since Monday morning.  I have a new appreciation for my single parent friends, especially those with multiple kids and/or special needs kids.  I’m beyond exhausted.

It probably would not have been so bad if Hannah wasn’t sick with a cold (congestion now for over a week) so she has been incredibly clingy and cranky.  On top of that, she has not been eating much, so she has been waking up at 3 am to 4 am every single morning because she is hungry.  That part is not really new, but before Daddy and I could tag team where one of us would go down to get the bottle and the other would keep her in bed.  But since I am alone, I have to bring her down with me because leaving her in her crib would cause a tantrum, and I sure as heck can’t leave her in my bed alone.

She would end up falling back asleep about 5 am to 5:30 am, and then I would have to wake back up at 6:30 am to get Ethan and Abigail ready for school.  (Again, with Daddy here, I usually deal with Hannah during the night and he takes the kids in the morning so I can sleep).  After the kids get on the bus at 7:30 am, I crawl back into bed and end up getting right back up because Hannah gets up shortly after that.

So I think I have been averaging about 3 to 4 hours of interrupted sleep a night.  I ended up canceling all of her therapies this week because either she was incredibly cranky (so why bother) or I was just too tired.  The only appointment I kept was her ENT appointment, and I was pretty much a zombie during that as well.  (more on that later!)

If I can just get Hannah to sleep through the night again, things would be better.  Her cold is getting better though, so there is hope on the horizon.  At least this morning I was able to doze a bit longer because I had all three kids in my room watching a movie while I stayed in bed.  It helped having Ethan and Abigail there to keep an eye on Hannah playing with her toys.

Daddy comes home on Wednesday.  Thank goodness.  Boy, do I miss him!!

And no….nothing on the home rental front yet.  That is another nightmare for another post!