by Megan Schwartz
I hate it when I get like this. I’m tired and grumpy and short-tempered with the girls. The weather here in Colorado has been bitterly cold with nasty driving conditions. It’s only 11:30 in the morning and I’m desperately trying to think of something, anything, to stave off the cabin-fever whining. At the exact same time, I’m completely disinterested in leaving the house or doing anything that doesn’t involve a pillow and my bed. To say I’m torn doesn’t quite cover it.

Anna woke up at 2 A.M. last night and somehow ended up hogging our bed with her petite figure. She officially defied all the laws of physics with a simple horizontal stretch as Kurt and I balanced precariously on either side of the king-sized mattress. She’s having night terrors all of a sudden and I’ve been fighting off a free-floating exhaustion for over a week now, struggling to keep my eyelids propped open most of the day (I’m about to resort to toothpicks). Add on top of that a miserable night and I’m. Not. Perky.

I don’t want to be detached and snippy mommy. I don’t want to stare longingly at the television, wrestling with the urge to drown the hours of the day in PBS Sprout. (I have so far managed to resist. Today.) I have good kids, and when I’m on my game they are better than good. They reflect my mood and behavior, though, so when I’m obnoxious, disconnected and lacking in volume control… so are they. Which helps tons with lifting my mood, don’t ya know.

Now to try and convince my four-year-old to take a nap that she absolutely doesn’t want and quite probably doesn’t need. Am I in great form or what?

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Tags: bad mood, cabin fever, exhausted, exhaustion, stay at home mom, stuck inside, tired, tv television, weather

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