Why? (Warning...pity party ahead...)

Why do I get so upset when sleep schedules are disrupted???? I know why! Because it messes EVERYTHING up!!!

Aaron woke up this morning just ahead of 5 a.m. and of course, so did Kyle. Ugh! I had some errands planned for today. They are now postponed due to crazy nap schedules and grumpy (really grumpy) 3 year-olds.

Kyle was supposed to go to preschool. But he had a meltdown when our friend came to pick him up. I debated taking him late (I needed to feed Aaron and dry my hair still) but realized he'd probably throw another fit if I tried to drop him off. So here we are at home instead. I had really been looking forward to an hour and a half of just me and Aaron.

Brad had gotten up early this morning so that he could get home early. So I had been awake from the alarm when Aaron woke up, but I was also really comfortable in my bed and looking forward to another 1 1/2 hours of sleep. Brad tried to help with Aaron so that I could get Kyle to stop crying. But of course, this delayed him leaving for work. Eventually I gave up and just got up with both boys so that he could leave. Plus I was just laying there next to Kyle wide awake at this point. So while Brad can still get home earlier than normal, it won't be as early as we had hoped.

I tried to take a short nap this morning after the girls were off to school since Aaron was back in bed at that point. No such luck. Kyle came in to use my bathroom about 10 minutes in (right as I was falling asleep). Then Aaron woke up about 10 minutes after that (right as I was falling asleep again). Grrrr! Kyle went in and "played" with Aaron. That was nice of him and it worked for about another 15 minutes. But instead of just getting up and getting in the shower I stayed in bed (I think I have an addiction). Of course, the alarm went off just after I had fallen asleep for the 3rd time. I did get my shower, but Aaron was very fussy by the time I got out. And really, who can blame him? At that point he was tired of being in his crib, he REALLY needed a diaper change, and he was hungry.

After the diaper change and getting Aaron dressed, I hurried to print out a map of our neighborhood for Kyle to take to preschool. Yes, this is when I thought he would be going. So there went another 5-10 minutes down the drain.

And then, of course, we have the melt down trying to get Kyle into my friend's van. I know she understands since she has 3 kids of her own, but still! We're standing there for 5 minutes, in the snow, being late for preschool trying to convince Kyle that he can take a 2 minute ride down the road to his friend's house. All for nothing!

I know this is really all trivial stuff and that I need to be more flexible on days like this, but I just can't help feeling so frustrated about it! So that's my pity party for the day!