Anatomy of a Meltdown

9:00 pm - Kids go to bed. Stella has an ear infection and both kids are tired. They are both quiet.

9:10 pm - I begin to fold laundry, check e-mail, feed my facebook addiction, do some work.

11:00 pm - I move into our bedroom and try to catch something good on TV...maybe The Soup is on?

11:05 pm - Stella is up and wants to lay with me. She has only had one dose of her antibiotic and I am sure her ear still hurts.

11:30 pm - I put her back to bed and she falls back to sleep.

12:00 am- I finally go to bed...lights off.

1:10 am - Stella cries. I go in and talk to her for a bit. She falls back to sleep.

2:00 am - Thomas is up and crying. Wait, Thomas?? Why is he crying?? Not sure but he feels warm. I give him Tylenol and he falls back to sleep.

3:30 am - Thomas is up again. He has peed through his pull up onto his pj's and sheets. Everything needs to be changed and he has not peed at night in forever...he feels terrible and is still crying.

4:00 am- Back to bed for all of us.

4:01 am - I remember I have an early meeting at work that is looming over my head. Also, how am I ever going to do this with a new baby again? I begin to cry.

4:30 am - Stella up and crying. I give her Tylenol for the pain and she goes back to sleep.

5:15 am -Thomas is up crying...he can't tell me what is wrong but he does not feel good, I can tell.

5:30 am -I lie in bed and wonder how I am going to function tomorrow at work. Can I call in sick? I have to get up in 30 minutes. Should I just get in the shower now? Again, can't I just call in sick? I really just want to take care of the kids if they are sick.

6:09 am - Stella crawls in bed with me. I get up to send off some e-mails. I am not going to work today and I realize that there may be some consequences.

7:00 am - Everyone is up but I am tired. Movies, some juice and TLC....I think everyone needs some.