Confessions of a Pooped Professional

I'm exhausted. The work week that just ended was one of the busiest I've experienced in a very long time. I was literally busy almost nonstop every day. And on top of my intense work schedule, I had to cope with sleep deprivation because of my younger son's unusual amount of bedtime energy--Tuesday and Wednesday nights, it took "O" until almost 1 A.M. to go to sleep. In the immortal words of Charlie Brown, AAARRRGGGHHH! I was not pleased about being forced to stay up so late because O took so long to wind down. Anyway, now I am extremely tired. So tired that I'm having a tough time keeping my eyes open while I write this--but I'll push onward, since I'm almost done with this posting.

I've learned a few important lessons this week:

Lesson #1: Limit late-evening TV, in order to reduce the environmental factors that could keep O cranked up long past his normal bedtime.

Lesson #2: Consider giving O his bath at night, rather than in the morning--it might help him relax and calm down enough to fall asleep sooner.

Lesson #3: Instead of always staying up to goof around online after the boys are in bed, try going to sleep when they do--at least sometimes.

Lesson #4 (the most important one): I absolutely must STOP overscheduling myself at work! My busy-ness on the job this week was largely self-inflicted. Fact is, I don't have to see as many clients per day as I did this week, and I am entitled to a 30-minute lunch break each day, as well as two 15-minute breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon--I didn't take any of my rightful 15-minute breaks at all this week, and I skipped my lunch breaks on Thursday and Friday. Bad. Very very bad.

And that's it. I'm done writing for now. I'm going to bed!