a saturday night to forget

billy has been having issues breathing, and is currently taking some medication to keep the issue in check.  so that he is not bound to the medicine for the rest of his life, his doctor wanted him to participate in a sleep test. 

so, saturday night at around 8:00, billy headed out to the clinic.  this wasn't too bad, seeing as how alice and i tend to go to bed around 8:30 (yes i go to sleep at the same time as my baby) = )  i was feeding alice her last meal, when i realized i really missed billy.  so i was talking out loud to alice, and i' said, "wow alice, i really miss your daddy and it's only been.... 15 minutes?!?"

of course, this made for a long evening, even though we went to bed very soon after.  alice slept with me (i couldn't bare to sleep alone), but when i turned off the lights, alice feel into a peaceful slumber within 5 minutes.  after billy called (to let me know he was all checked in), i turned back on the light and read until my body refused to stay awake.

even after turning the light out once more, the sounds of our house, and my vivid imagination kept me awake.  i slept wakefully, wondering each time what had woken me.  billy was due to come home sometime between 5 and 8, but when 3am rolled around, i was still just as miserable.

once billy finally came home (at around 5:20), he  too had had a miserable night's sleep, attached with adhesive to a machine, then being awoken at 5:00, so that he could drive home.

despite being miserable apart, as soon as he was next to me, i joined alice's world and slept like a baby, until of course, alice decided it was time to get up = )  being slightly sleep deprived on sunday, made me particularly grateful for the long labor day weekend.