Insomnia

I don't know why I even bother trying to get any sleep! It never quite works out for me. I should be use to it by now! I'm so tired. I even took a sleep aid. But my brain is still wide awake. So, I guess I'll blog it out.

Let's see....where to start. The girls got their first 'professional' haircuts on Saturday. They've been going with me for the last several months so they were comfortable in the salon and that made it easier. They both did well, sat still - or as still as a 2 and 3 year old can sit - and look as cute as can be! Just a bang trim for both of them, some angling around the face and a little off the back of Syd's to even things up. I think we'll get more bangs cut next time as they still have hair flopping around in their little faces.

We converted Syd's crib to a toddler bed! She has done very well with it. She even stays in her room to play if she's not ready to go to sleep or if she wakes up earlier than the rest of us. I hope that lasts! But, if history is any indication of how things are going to go, then she should be in my room waking me up in just a few short hours. I guess she did venture out several times the other night while I was working. K.C. told her that if she didn't stay in her room, he was going to put her bed back into a crib. I guess she high-tailed it back to her room and he didn't see hide nor hair of her again for the rest of the night. Smart girl!

I don't think I ever updated on the pre-school situation so I will now. Quinn has officially been enrolled in a (gulp) church-based pre-school. I think it will be just fine. She is excited to go so we talk about it all the time. Some days she wants one or all of us to go with her and other days she wants to go alone. Let's hope she's up for going it alone when the time comes for her to actually start! She'll be going three days a week for three hours a day. I'm sad thinking about it - my baby being away from me for that long. But, I know she'll get so much out of it and probably needs it and that's what is important.

Speaking of my babies, K.C. and I have decided to try for #3. It's either get pregnant, go on birth control (to manage my female issues) or get a hysterectomy (again, to manage my female issues). Probably in that order. Oh wait, I'd like to try acupuncture too in there somewhere. We'll see. I'd love to have two more, but I'm totally happy with whoever it is we end up with!

So now we get to the things weighing heavy on my mind. Breast cancer. One of my friends here is going through the process of finding out if the lumps she's found are cancerous or not. And, I just found out today that one of our old friends in Colorado not only had a double mastectomy today, but found out in that surgery that the cancer has spread to her lymphnodes. I guess the doctors were able to remove a portion of them under her arm but she'll more than likely have to have chemo and radiation. She's my age and has kids about the same age as mine. I just can't comprehend it. I feel so helpless in both cases and I just hate it. Hate that they have to go through this and hate that I can't do anything to make it better for them.

So, those are just some of the things running through my head. Guess I'll go see if I've worked them out enough to get a few hours worth of sleep.