Okay, KAW, I'm getting this. So I need your help in fine tuning this. Not excuses, mind you, but some bonafide thinking cap time.

Mr. Wonderful usually leaves the house shortly after I get home. How to make the most of this? Do I ask him to stay longer? (Knowing he gets up at 5 most mornings and his energy is usually flagging...).

My biggest and has been our biggest obstacle is D7. She has a sleeping disorder (it's part of her diagnosis). I have actually made things worse since he left, mostly because I need my sleep (beauty and otherwise) and I pull her into bed with me just so I can avoid multiple awakenings to deal with her issues.

I've been mulling over a campaign to deal with this very issue this summer, perhaps after she gets out of summer school so I don't have to deal with the issue of a fatigued and unhappy camper. (And the repercussions for her fatigue are increased seizure activities.)

Her disorder is that she doesn't require as much sleep as the average human. She can go to bed at midnight and get up at 6 without any visible problems. And falling asleep has always required adult intervention. Before he moved out, Mr. Wonderful resentfully took on that chore, as he went to work early and headed to bed early.

We both know that it was an escape now, but it's water under the bridge.

I can count on 1 hand the number of times D7 has fallen asleep without another person present. Not even in a car, like D10 was famous for.

Her sleep issues have always affected our nightly routine. I know that if we decided to make that a priority, we would come up with a solution that helped. But right now, since I'm the one holding the bag, I took the easier of 2 routes.

However, since Mr. Wonderful is still not here to do his yard work, I am going to head out to run a few errands and I'll pick up some cheapo 3.2 beer at the store.

Now, if he'd just show up. I had made plans for myself and D7 and I guess I'm just resolved to changing them.

Maybe it's good and maybe it's not.

Betsey

"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

Albert Einstein