And I Wonder Why....

...my children's sleep cycles are easily disrupted. I've been off work for five days now and I am already suffering from insomnia (okay, maybe an exaggeration, but seriously, I shouldn't be awake right now). And since it's late at night, I can't do the things I'm wanting to do because they all involve making a bunch of noise and waking up the entire house (i.e. putting dishes away, vacuuming) so I'm left with blogging and watching Seinfeld. When my body is not in a routine or if my body makes the slightest adjustment in a routine, my sleep is the first to be affected. I think I closed my eyes for a total of 20 minutes this afternoon while the kids were napping; therefore, I will most likely not be able to sleep until after 1am. It's like my body does not know how to deal with 8 hours of sleep. I feel more refreshed having 6 hours of total sleep rather than 8. If I get 8, I feel like I'm dragging a piano. But yet, I'm still convinced I need more sleep. And I am a total sucker for products that advertise relaxation, calm, help you sleep stuff. Like lavender for example, it doesn't help me relax, it makes me sneeze. Maybe this is what almost 3 years of never being able to sleep in does to you...even if you can get more sleep, your body won't let you. Who knows, what I do know is it's now close to midnight and I can already tell the wake up call at 4:30 is going to be so enjoyable.