I feel like crap... sneezing, coughing... oh what fun! Jeff's the same way.... the kids aren't as bad... I didn't even give them any meds this evening... they just have an occasional sneeze or runny nose... nothing major.

I forgot the cable guy was coming today... Jeff said he's coming between 4pm and 7pm... and the doorbell went off at 4pm sharp. I could have died.... I had to kick the toys out of the way for him to get to the tv. Then of course he had to go in the basement... my laundry room that's FULL of holiday boxes. I thought why bother putting all of them away... at the end of the month we are going to organize everything and then put them away neatly, hahaha. Oh well, I'm sure he's seen worse. I guess he put in a new junction, he said there was a slight loss of connection power or something, and he gave us a new remote, since I said our sticks... I didn't mention that a month ago the baby threw up on it... but that's beside the point.

I think Steph needs to go to bed at 730pm instead of 830pm. She gets up from her last nap at 530pm... no matter what time she went down (today at 2pm)... and just can't make it until 8pm after we put the kids to bed, so she was falling asleep, but I tried keeping her up. That messed her up... and now at 10pm after 2 hours of fussing, she finally went to sleep. Which is soooo unusual for her. Jeff called for back up. I'm shocked none of the kids woke up. He tried laying her down in her bed twice, and she was loud as hell. He tried the swing... we tried a second bottle... I even changed her diaper again, it was a little wet... finally, exhausted... she fell asleep to the bottle, after drinking a few more ounces. So, will she still sleep 12-14 hours, if she goes to bed earlier? Will Jess go in there quietly, and not bother her, and go to sleep? The more tired Jess is the more crabbier and louder she is before bed. I'M NOT TIRED. 2 seconds later, she's out like a light. This is all a guessing game.

This napping crap makes it hard going anywhere, especially now that she's getting older. I'll be glad when we are all done with the napping game. Keeping Jon up until Jess gets home from school is a chore. And Steph fell asleep 5 minutes before we had to drive Jess to school, so she wasn't too happy. Next year's earlier school time will help out with the afternoon nap fight... but Steph will still be taking a morning nap also... oh what fun that will be. But at least Jess will be in school for 2 1/2 hours... and we are 5 min. away... so Steph will get a 2 hour nap... maybe... it will all work out... I just like to stress about it early.......

I talked to Jeff about going to his cousins at 6pm, and staying for an hour... will that work? Who knows... will his Mom still be pissed... probably..... Who knows... I just know Steph will not nap in a noisy house full of people... and we'll just be dealing with a fussy baby...

I want to get together with people... but I really don't know a good time to do it... When one of the 3 is not sleeping.... I guess we'll just be loners for a while...

This evening wasn't too bad... got the kitchen and living room cleaned up... now that will guarantee that no one comes over tomorrow, phew! Hahaha!