My Night (and Morning) from Hell

Literally. Satan has to have had a hand in my last 8-9 hours.

I went to bed about 10:30 or 11. Later than I should have, but whatever. Around 11:30, right around the time I was really drifting off I hear the cry of a child. It was Kyler and he was sobbing and coughing. When I finally got him to calm down and relax he didn't want to lay down and go back to sleep. So I made a stupid horrible suggestion that must have come directly from Satan himself. I asked if he wanted us to make him a pallet on the floor in our room. BAD idea. The child moves SO much when he's sleeping, snores and talks in his sleep. I am a light sleeper. There is a reason my children have never and will never sleep in my room. Finally around 12:45 I had had enough and I picked him up and deposited him back in his own bed. Got to sleep around 1:30.

Then at 3:30 I wake up b/c there is excess light coming into my room. I get up to check on him and he had gotten up to go potty and then he got back in bed. He was sitting in the corner of his bed against the wall just staring into space. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Reading books." Which is what he's supposed to do when he wakes up in the morning and the little hand isn't on the 7 yet. But when it's 6 or 6:30, not 3:30 in the morning! I told him he needed to lay down and go back to sleep b/c it was still dark and that's when I realize he was super hot - his fever had shot up. Great. So I got him some medicine, put him back to bed and went to bed myself. This time I got to sleep around 4:30.

Thankfully, God was merciful and Melissa slept until 7:30 instead of the recently usual 7. I've had 5 1/2 hours of sleep tonight and I'm not sure how I'm going to make it through the day. My body needs a lot of sleep.

Anyway, back to the story. I woke up at 7:30 to Melissa screaming. I walk into her room and what do I find? Blood everywhere. Seriously. On her face, hands, legs, clothes, sheet, blanket, pillow. Her nose had started bleeding and apparently continued for some time. My kids periodically get nose bleeds when they are congested and their nose is dry but this one was horrible. Naturally, it would be after a night like the one I've just had.

OH and then while I'm cleaning up that mess Melissa decides to make her way into sleeping Kyler's room. I found her staring at him and grabbed her. She started crying as we went out but Kyler didn't wake up. He's still asleep, thank you, God.

So far Melissa has spilled her cereal twice this morning. Ugh. We're gonna have one heck of a day.