Ok - so I know it's been nearly two weeks but life kind of took over!
In the run up to the end of term, I have been in work all the hours God sends, putting on the Christmas show, juggling evening duties,Science marking and doing what I actually am paid to do - teach!
Now I'm not one to moan, but I have been multi-tasking madly and despite many extras, through sheer determination I have just about kept all the balls in the air.
At least until today, when my colleague walked in to find me sound asleep on the staff room sofa! (not sure I'm going to live it down!)
The problem is -yes I can mutitask but I need some sleep in order to do this well. And though juggling the end of term is part and parcel of being a teacher, I am struggling to combine that with the lack of sleep inflicted on parent's of young children.
If it's not one child needing milk, it's another needing a wee, or a third having a bad dream, or because they want to have a cuddle or it's too dark or it's too light!
Now loving mother as I am, a cuddle from my son at 3 o'clock in the morning is not high on my wish list!
I just want 12 hours unbroken sleep preferably in a dark room, but hey I'm not as fussy as my kids!
I know it's a phase and it will pass and soon I'll be dragging them from their sweaty teenage beds but at the moment it feels like it's going to go on for ever.
Every time we get a good night, I go to bed the following night, fingers crossed that we may have turned a corner but so far .............no luck!
In a recent assembly on 'Hopes and Dreams' I felt awful as, when I was asked what I dream of, I said 'SLEEP!'
This made me smile!
ReplyDeleteMy two girls did not sleep through the night at the same time until they were 5 and 3 respectively by which time I was a walking zombie. Amazing what you can survive though and do while half asleep. I used to hate going out - if I was at a dinner party I would look round and think what am I doing here when I could be at home asleep!
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