Bedtime in the summer is always a challenge. The kids feel like they should get to stay up as late as they want because they don't have to go to school. I'm of the opinion that I don't want to choke them the following day so they need to go to bed at a decent hour.
I thought I'd be excited when my oldest hit his teen years and started sleeping in. I now know why my mom woke me up muttering something about sleeping all day.
The other two have NO idea what it means to sleep in. My youngest is like a rooster. The sun is up and she's up cackling about something. The middle one thinks sleeping in means 8am (no matter what time he went to bed the night before).
Suffice it to say, I'm sleep deprived. Partially my own fault. I'm a night person. I could stay up until 2 or 3 in the morning (and many nights I do) so I'd like to sleep until 9 a few mornings. That doesn't happen very often. I've also decided, although I don't like to get up early, that if I had the opportunity to get up in the morning and have some peace and quiet I would take advantage of it. I think that's why I stay up so late, because it's the only time I don't have kids in my ear every 30 seconds.
I'm tired because I value my sanity!
~Kim
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