sleep sweet sleep

while i sincerely enjoy the process of writing this blog - it has seriously messed with my sleep....i wait every night until it is quiet at my house and then sit down at my computer - i usually have a good idea by then what i want to write about, but it still takes me awhile to mentally put it all together....and i spend time looking for quotes and pictures that add to the message of the day....which i LOVE....i really really really do.....but i'm TIRED!!  so rather than go off on my crazy political tangent for the night (which was tonights original topic), i am just going to relay some "tired" things:

mitt romney is being lambasted for saying that the height of the trees in michigan is perfect.....the man was TIRED....he is allowed to say the occasional stupid thing.....how many dumb things have you said when you were tired???

more importantly, how many MEAN things have you said when you were tired....in our house, the minute the nasty starts to come out, 3 or 4 voices just chime in with "go to sleep, you're tired"

every night before i think about going to sleep, i count how many hours it is until i have to get up - so i can rationalize staying up later.....why?  i'm clearly tired if i'm thinking about bed...

i have to jockey with my dogs for position in bed.....it sucks, but obviously another element of my insanity is that i dont want to inconvenience my DOGS....

i also sleep better with my stuffed cow - or bear....a ridiculous fairly new addition that i love - you can heat up the belly and it gets WARM...i love it - and its another thing i have to fight with my dogs about ;)

my teenagers are almost always up later than i am, no matter how late i stay up....its like we are having a contest to see who can function normally on the least amount of sleep - i think i am losing

The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.  ~Wilson Mizener

so tonight, i have a lot on my mind and am calling it a day - a lot earlier than normal....let's just call it a "break" ....i hope you all get some much needed rest as well :)