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Posted: 25 March 2008 at 1:36am | IP Logged

Joshua is sleeping out for 2 nights. I have changed my shifts because of the Easter holidays. Instead of working 4 shorter days, Im working 2 long days. This means I'll get 5 days off per week to spend with Joshua, but he needs to sleep out 2 nights this week and next as the hours are a pain!

He's been gone 6 hours and I am beside myself. I keep crying, missing him. I cant sleep, and Ive got a knotted sicky feeling in my tummy. (Its also the time ish of the month for raging hormones going by my usual pattern lol) He was upset when I left him, but quickly settled and waved me off at the window.. which instantly made me get in the car and cry! He's now fast asleep, and so should I be. I went up before and all I could think about was he wont be able to have his breakfast (he likes mixing the cereals in the bowl and Im probably the only mother that allows him to have Frosties, Bran Flakes and CoCo Pops altogether lol)

He doesn't stay away from home often (can you tell lol) Im missing him! It also doesn't help he decided to grow this weekend. Suddenly his jeans didn't fit and I got all emotional about him growing up (did I mention the raving hormones?)

Well I just got to get through 2 sleeps. I might have being praying for peace and quiet all day, but cant wait for Wednesday!

** Its stupid O'clock and Im still up! I have tried going to sleep, but I couldn't. Im missing him a lot more than I did last time (only took few hours into the night to fall asleep and stop pacing the floor lol) Ive done the laundry - ha ha will teach my neighbours for being noisey lol, and I think Im going to go for a bath. Im at work soon so no point trying any more sleep, IF I drifted off then I wont wake up on time lol This really is a horrible feeling! Im sure its over active hormones, and I hope my over active adrenaline is going to kick in and get me through work or Im going to have problems lol Least I'll be to exhausted to worry by tomorrow night lol- pmsl my friend just said that I'll be too excited to sleep tomorrow as the follow day I get him back pmsl Right I should go do something, might as well make the most of being awake. Im missing my boy

Posted: 25 March 2008 at 9:46am | IP Logged

Awww hun it's a pain in the wotsit when you have to juggle things around and your not in your normal routine.... i'm sure it's harder for us than the kids when they have sleep overs......

I'm sure by tonight you'll be cream crackered.... if not soak in the bath, watch a chick flick (if you like them), glass of wine and chocolate (or something else naughty that you like).

Hopefully you can celebrate and drift of to sleep knowing soon you'll be holding your little boy in your arms again. (ps.... when my lo goes away i cuddle up to his teddy or pj's that smell of him)

Just to make you feel better too hun i let me lo's mix ceral too, it's so much easier than them trying to have seconds and thirds just because they want all 3!

Also you might be a tad more emotional this time round as you've had to come off your meds hun, half of you might be wanting him there also because your feeling vunrable and apprehensive.... hope that makes sense and isn't too offensive to you hun x

Hugs he'll he home soon x  

Posted: 25 March 2008 at 6:22pm | IP Logged

Send them over Lynie, I need a baby to play with lol

Joshua is probably having a whale of a time lol Well having just done a 9 hour shift on no sleep what so ever I am officially tired lol I will no doubt pass on at some stage in the next couple of hours whilst watching random easy to watch things on TV lol (Bionic Woman might have to wait for the repeat later in the week lol)

Now I think my tears are part hormone, part missing Joshua and part tired pmsl

Posted: 11 April 2008 at 4:22pm | IP Logged

I agree, confident and independant kids come from good parenting. Hope you are having some much needed and deserved rest, xx.