Who do I need to lobby to in order to get mandatory nap times for SAHM's???  Anybody know??  It's so hard when your husband has a high-stress/high-powered job and thinks that you sit around all day watching soap operas and cruising ebay (well, okay so I don't watch soaps, but the ebay accusation may be partially pretty true! I can't help that I get some great deals......)  I sometimes wish we could do like a Disney movie and switch lives for just one day ----- He may be a bulldog in front of the Judge and jury, but faced with two cranky, teething babies, cat yak on the front porch from yet another hairball, a potty accident, a mountain of laundry, dinner to plan and cook, along with a hundred other things would have him wimpering and cowering in the fetal position,  I know who REALLY is the stronger of the two sexes!

*** Side note ---  #4 just stood here next to me as I type, and said "pee" as he cut loose all down his legs and onto my bedroom carpet.......Sigh.  Did I mention that in some moment of insanity, I decided when we redid the flooring that white carpet was what I wanted??  You think  I would know better by now.  He really is doing quite well for a not yet two year old who is potty training.  Accidents are expected, but I find that if I don't remind him every so often, he gets too preoccupied to stop and go.

So back to this nap issue --- if you calculate it out, I haven't had a full, uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep since December of 2003.  That's 4 years of what the experts qualify as "dangerous sleep habits".  Gee, you think?  How about telling my pregnant body/hungry infant/ dream filled toddler how this is detrimental to my health - will it change anything?  Of course not.  As for the napping part, when I was pregnant with #5, I was able to nap occasionally while #4 was down for his nap.  Now, I can usually coordinate about 30 minutes of tandem nap time between the two of them, but never predictable so napping is more bothersome than it is worth.  I do however have a habit of passing out before prime time tv even gets the trailers finished!  If only DH who is an insomniac wouldn't wake me up after midnight then I would have a shot at getting a good chunk of sleep before the Princess starts wailing for her midnight bottle.  We wouldn't want to upset the delicate ballance of the world by having her wake up while DH is still awake so he could feed her........

Tonight is one where DH will be home later..................It is just now 7:30.  I have immediate plans for baths, bottles, stories and off to bed before the sun even has time to set.  That's bedtime for me, not just the babies!  The mountain of laundry will still be sitting waiting to fold and put away come morning - Sometimes, you just gotta live a little. 

ETA:  It's morning now and I failed miserably at my plan.  I finished the laundry, cleaned the kitchen and paid bills.  Only getting into bed a few minutes before DH came home around 10pm and not going to sleep until closer to 10:30.  Back to one of my favorite sayings........."Men plan, God laughs".