oh what a night!

I have that song "oh what a night" in my head... have no idea who wrote/sang it... it's a old song. The thing is the song is about a "good night" I think... I really don't remember any more than the first and second line... :)

My thoughts of "oh what a night" end with a groan... it was a long night.

Here's it is in timeline form... times are general not exact (I didn't know as it was happening that it would be such a long night and I'd blog about it. lol!)

8:00 pm: Bedtime for the kids. Baths, medicine, brushed teeth and family prayer.
9:00 pm: Alyssa and Angela were asleep in bed. It was the first time Angela had gone to sleep before 10:30 all week! I was excited. Alex and Ashley were in their rooms tucked in, but not asleep yet. We were on a Thunderstorm/Tornado watch, so I sat down at the computer and piddled around, came and wrote on here and some other stuff. I kept one website on the local news station so I could keep an eye out on the storms.
9:45 pm: Ashley came in to tell me she finished her book, and look for the next one in the bookcase, and I told her that was enough reading for the night and to go to sleep.
10:00 Alex came in, he couldn't sleep. We went over some solutions that might help him be more comfortable. He didn't want to do any of them and I sent him back to bed.
11:15 Rich and I were able to email back and forth and chat about the day a bit. The storm was loud and I was wondering if it was going to wake up any of the girls. I discovered I was out of some pain meds I use during my monthy cycle so I was not feeling very well with that pain and the storm raging outside.

12:00 am: I made myself a cup of hot cocoa and cuddled up in my "reading chair" and started reading.
12:45 am: the storms had died down by now, and luckily Alex was the only one that woke up from the noise. He had finally gone back to sleep, but I kept getting email warnings on my cell phone, so I still was too wound up to really go to sleep.
1:30 am: Angela came toddling out of her room crying. Her pj's are wet and pull-up is semi wet so it must have leaked a bit. She got her self dressed for bed and probably just didn't have it on very well. I changed her and turned the lights off in my room, and laid down with her in our bed.
2:00 am: I'm still awake because Angela is tossing and turning all over the bed. She is being "needy" and grabbing at my arms and hands and wanting to position them in exact ways to hold her. Those ways are not comfortable to me at all, and I'm still in pain from my monthly cyle. I keep trying to move her to a position I think we both will be more comfortable in.
2:30 am: I'm getting increasingly annoyed at Angela. She is laying there and putting her feet on my face, my chest, pushing "off" from me with her feet, and then slamming her self back over and onto me. I got up for a bathroom trip, and of course she stumbled out of bed and followed me. She then started walking towards her room so I guess she figured she would be more comfortable in her bed. (earlier she didn't want me to lay down with her in her bed- she wanted to be in mine) I laid down with her and she fell asleep in about 10 minutes.
3:00 am: I laid down in my bed alone and crashed...
5:30 am: Nature called and I woke up for a bathroom trip.
7:00 am: The alarm went off
7:30 am: I drag myself out of bed to get the kids ready for school.
7:45 am: The song "oh what a night" pops into my head and I decide I've got to blog about it... lol! (I did get the kids ready for school and on the bus before I did that though)