Lost two hours of sleep
@shaggin (71666)
United States
November 8, 2018 5:05pm CST
Last night I stayed up an extra hour past my usual bedtime to finish a book I was reading. It was called “9th girl” by Tami Hoag. It was so good I just didn’t want to put it down and sleep. I figured losing an hour wouldn’t kill me.
At 6 my son woke me up because he had to go the bathroom. He said we might as well just stay downstairs since it was so close to when the alarm would go off. But I like my sleep.
However I couldn’t fall back asleep after being woken up so I laid there for an hour.
I was pretty tired today. I didn’t have much time to get online because it was an asynchronous day of school (no live classes) so he and I had to do the work ourselves. Usually I do things online like surveys or mylot when he does live classes next to me.
I managed to get a load of dishes and three loads of laundry done and put away.
I spent two hours preparing my dinner which was Sweet Potato Chickpea Burgers. By the time I finished all the ingredients it had to chill for an hour. I was to hungry to wait so I will freeze them and have them another night for dinner. Photo is what they look like now before cooking them. I should have chopped up the green peppers more.
I wound up eating leftovers from last nights dinner which was Corn & Broccoli Rice Casserole.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@paigea I assume your make the chickpea burgers from scratch? These had three eggs and old fashioned oats. I think the eggs are what will hold it together. They seems kind of wet and squishy so I probably should had added the final 1\2 c of old fashioned oats but I'll see how they are next week when I eat them.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
11 Nov 18
@paigea I have made quinoa once and really didn't like it. My daughter said it helps regulate blood pressure. I don't have to worry about that but good to know it's so healthy for us. Maybe I can look up a recipe for veggie burgers to use the rest of the quinoa I have up.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
11 Nov 18
@LadyDuck I tried so hard the other day to get him to go upstairs and put his toys away. It was about 6pm and was pretty dark. If you turn on the hall light then you can see a bit to turn my light on then you can see a bit to turn his light on. It is terrifying to him. He cried and cried and could not do it. I had that same terrible fear when I was a kid. I would lay in my bed terrified staring into the dark all night breathing heavy and sweating in fear.
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@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
9 Nov 18
Sorry to hear you lost some sleep hopefully tonight you will sleep better.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@Tina30219 funny thing is when I laid down to sleep I was less tired then I had been all day but I did sleep well once I did go to bed.
@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
10 Nov 18
@shaggin I get that sometimes as well
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 Nov 18
I thought those were some type of cookies. Lol
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
17 Nov 18
@Courtlynn Ick lol green peppers in cookies would be terrible but I can see how the shape of them at first glance could look like cookies!
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
20 Nov 18
@Courtlynn lol funny maybe the color looks a little different on your screen. I remember one of my computer monitors the colors looked dull so when I printed pictures the red stood out a lot more then my computer monitor showed.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
19 Nov 18
@shaggin well yeah that would be ick, lol. but it did to me at first. lol.
I actually showed my mom this and she thought they were chocolate chip cookies at first too.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Nov 18
I have not had a whole nights sleep in a week, Tony is sick.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@andriaperry I am very sorry to hear that! I know from seeing your comments on someone else's post that he wasn't doing well 
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@snowy22315 (170008)
• United States
9 Nov 18
Question: Why does your son have to wake you up to go to the bathroom? He isn't a toddler is he?
or was he sleeping with you?
or was he sleeping with you?1 person likes this
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@snowy22315 nope he is 11 but he's a nervous kid and the dark scares him. I know I was scared like that until I was an adult. Actually even after an adult. Not long ago I could barely step off my porch steps if it was dark out. My daughter never was scared of the dark at all. Even when she was little she would get up turn on the lights and go downstairs in the dark. My room is connected to his so he has to go through my room to go downstairs so he would make me up going down no matter what.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@maezee I read 4 other books of hers and they are always something I have a hard time putting down. I swear one of the other books I read by her had the same thing happen towards the end with the serial killer so I was confused if I read this book before and forgot or if she really did do such a similar ending in two of her books.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
9 Nov 18
@sallypup I can't wait try them I can post a link to the recipe if you want to try making them. It made 8 big patties. Oh man that clock would be in the garbage soon if it were mine. I don't like missing sleep I get pretty grumpy. I wasn't grumpy today though thankfully.
