It’s Sunday and I am just so darn happy it’s still the weekend. I sort of had a 3-day weekend, but Friday was a very busy day, so I could hardly count it as a “free” day. Dave had a stiff neck and couldn’t move his whole body all of Friday and part of Saturday, so I spent most of the day trying to help him be comfortable (to no success, unfortunately) and taking care of the Lily Bean and catching up on housework. I am exhausted. I’m not ready to go back to work tomorrow, but it will have to do for now. Last night, I had some good rest since Lily Bean decided to grace us with a full night’s sleep with no wake-ups, so I was able to get my full 8-9 hours of sleep.

These days, we’re dealing with some ups and downs with Lily’s sleeping schedule. She used to be like clockwork — down by 9p, sometimes earlier, but almost never much later. Now it’s anywhere between 8:30p and 10:30p. It’s driving us nuts. I want her to have an earlier bedtime — at the latest 8p, not 10:30p! So, yeah, we’re dealing with that. It’s not too bad though. As far as the spectrum goes, she’s still a very good baby and her sleep habits aren’t as bad as many babies I’ve heard about, so I can definitely thank my stars.

I’ve got a lot of things to do, and a lot on my mind. Quite frankly, this year hasn’t started so well in a lot of ways, but I keep reminding myself that I’ve got food on the table, a loving family to come home to everyday, a beautiful vibrant little baby girl, my good health, etc. etc. etc. Things are all well. I am reminded constantly how fortunate I really am. After all, I know people out there who are not only suffering from this economic downturn, but also dealing with health issues like Mesothelioma. We should be so lucky we still have our health to carry us through the bad times.