Back On Schedule

I have taken to falling asleep in the big comfortable chair in the living room while the girls are taking their rest time. It has happened almost every day for the last week, and now I'm afraid I won't be able to stop. Caffeine doesn't help. Neither does trying to avoid it by cleaning or doing laundry or other household tasks. 2pm rolls around and I have an irresistible urge to curl up in the chair, flip the switch that starts the gas fireplace, and let my eyelids give up the fight. Maybe it's because I have been forgetting to take my vitamins. Possibly because it's in the 30's outside, and possibly I am part cat inside, needing a warm spot in which to curl up, and possibly because everyone else in the house is sleeping, so why shouldn't I? More likely, though, it is because my husband has not worked his regular schedule in about three weeks, and keeping up with him is exhausting. He prefers the night shift, and loves to stay up all night even if he is not working the next day. I try to stay up with him to spend time with him, but I'm still learning, after six years of being a parent, that it doesn't pay to stay up past one in the morning watching movies and On Demand episodes of 30 Rock and Chopped, and then expect to wake up at 7:30 to get kids up for school. Also, I don't think they give out trophies in kindergarten for the most tardies, although I could have my daughter memorize the Travis Birkenstock speech from "Clueless" for the occasion. So what to do? Well, my loving man left for work a couple of hours ago, the kids are bathed, brushed, and in bed, and I am now going there myself. After I call my mom to set up childcare for tomorrow, of course. Oh, and I also should throw in some laundry. So midnight it is?