The Value of Sleep

I never thought I'd take sleep for granted nor did I ever think that sleep would be something I would be unable to live without or with very little.

So it took me five tries to write the above lines because I'm so very tired.  Jenny hasn't been sleeping well lately and Tim and I can't figure out why.

And before you ask, yes, we've tried it; yes, we've read the book; yes, I ever asked my mother...

So last night when our exhaustion had hit its peak, we returned to the old stand-by. First Jenny and I read books for about 30 minutes until I thought she was tired enough. And then we said good night to everything in the room. And then we began the litany of other sleepers: Grandma's going night-night. Grandpa's going night-night. Aunt Natalie's going night-night. Uncle Chris is going night-night. Holly's going night-night.  Gabby's going night-night.  and on and on and on until I had named every family member I could and every one of you from Facebook. According to Jenny's bedtime routine last night, ya'll were going to bed.

And there was peace for 10 hours last night. Thank goodness for sleep.

So tonight, after a battling day at school, we did it again. Last night the routine took about 70 minutes. Tonight is was about an hour. I hope to get her down to 20 minutes just in time for the time change in October or November. Right now, I'm too tired to remember when daylight savings time begins.

So good night to all of you. If you ask Jenny, you're all in bed by now anyway.
I'm heading there now - I hope.