Getting little sleep, I miss my alarm. I jump up and race through my morning routine because I know that mornings before the kids get up are my best chance to get things done. Both of my boys also seemed to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I find that my computer is slow to wake up as well. And the chores seem to have doubled overnight. I send my oldest to his room to change for the day, only to come in five minutes later and find him daydreaming, still in pj’s. We finally sit down to start school and I get little cooperation. There’s complaining about too much writing, “I don’t want to’s,” and “how long do we have to do this?” Not only that, my coffee’s gone cold.

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