Long Night? Maybe Short Night...

So I stayed up until 10:30 last night to give all the girls their meds thinking maybe I'd get a little sleep. Waking kids up to take medicine, though, is a skill that I apparently haven't quite mastered yet. Doodle did fine...groggy, but fine. I couldn't seem to convince her to hold her cup of water to take a drink after the medicine, but she didn't seem too bothered by it. Boo, however, was another story. She was NOT willing to sit up without me helping her. I helped her, but in doing that, we also spilled most of her cup of water right in the middle of her bed. As I was hurriedly trying to get the sheets pulled off so the rest of the bed wouldn't get wet, she kept collapsing back onto her pillows. She wasn't worried about getting wet. I eventually got her bed put back together reasonably successfully, got her jammies changed and got her to take the medicine. By this time, of course, both girlies were totally awake. Thankfully, though, they went back to sleep without a hitch. Hanny was no problem either, so I headed to bed. I got to sleep until 3:30, when the girls woke up coughing. It was time for another dose, so I got up and started the process again. By this point, the twinkies had had enough sleep to be interested in staying up for a little while. I moved in with Boo, Gary came in and visited with Doodle for about 30 minutes, and Hanny went back to bed. By 4:30 we were all asleep again, and Gary had gone back to our bed. Not me... I just stuck it out in Boo's twin bed.

Everybody is well-rested this morning, but definitely sickly. To make matters worse, we had a little accident less than 15 minutes after getting up. I went out to the garage to get the coffee out of the fridge, opened up the door to come back in, and ran the doorknob into Boo's face. All three girls were standing right in front of the door, and I wasn't prepared for that. She's got a fat lip now to go along with her cough. I felt awful. I'm pretty sure I'll open the door more carefully next time. I'm also pretty sure they won't be standing directly in front of the door next time. Ahh...the beginning of a good day? I think not.