Sleeping Like A Baby

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
Leo J. Burke

Picture this. I go to bed about 11:00 after watching my favorite TV shows. At 12:15, my precious little girl wakes up. And won't go back to sleep. Until 5:30 this morning. Needless to say, I'm a little sleepy today.

I'm not sure what roused her from her slumber, but it was something. She had all the necessary ingredients for her to sleep--dummy, blanket, and Pooh Bear. Oh, and music on. Check. Going to sleep? Nope. Not even thinking about it.

Here's a brief rundown of what's on at that time of the morning. Well, between about midnight and 1:30, there's still quite a bit on. Usually reruns of The Tonight Show and stuff. After 1:30, the grid on the cable company's guide goes to Paid Programming. Every time slot. On every channel. Okay, there are a few exceptions. The premiums are still up and going. It's either soft-core porn or the sequel to the sequel to the sequel of something that might have been pretty good originally. And the innumerable discovery channels like Discovery Health and Military and such are still going. You basic Discovery, Learning Channel, History, etc. All paid programming at that hour.

So, from 1-2 I watched an very interesting documentary on the U.S.S. Arizona. This was followed by Lifeline. Why do I watch shows about Neonatal Intensive Care Units? I guess it was 2:00 in the morning. Then I had to kill an hour and a half of flipping through channels until Old School came on around 4:30.

She finally crashed out about 5:30. And then I crashed about 5:45. The alarm started going off at 6:15. Two words: Snooze button. We had to get up and get ready to go. She was as tired as I was. Her daycare teachers are going to love me today. I bet she fell asleep in her food at lunch.