Cheshire: I remember when my daughter first started sleeping through the night. She was about a year old and for the entire first year of her life she was still waking up at least twice a night and for literally a year, I was incredibly sleep deprived. The first week she finally slept through the night I started getting 8+ hours of sleep of night and I actually found myself being MORE tired than I had been for the previous year! I don't understand it either!!

I have my first total night off (I mean night off from being "mom") that I've had in a very long time. I should do something productive. I had literally the most productive day that I've had in SUCH a long time up until I sat down about an hour ago. (Which really was the first time I'd sat down, other than driving of course, since about 7:30 this morning.) I did a lot of laundry, I did some kitchen cleaning, I even washed the bedsheets!, and I cleaned out the car, and I went to a family reunion today and enjoyed myself! (the hell!?)