It's Amazing!

For the last week I haven't been able to get Jordan to nap. It's driving me batty. I tend to depend on those 2 hours in the middle of the afternoon. It's when I read/write blogs; do my exercising or yoga; clean or do laundry (things that I cannot do with her underfoot); clean out drawers or closets; etc. By the time I put her down at night I'm usually out of energy. Mid-afternoon I've got a shot at accomplishing something. But take away those 2 hours and I turn into a not very nice person. Yes, she is in her room, but I'm unable to wander far or for long because there are inevitably suspicious noises or frightening silences. I've discovered that yoga is far less effective when one has to investigate noises or relax into child's pose to the sounds of 'Old MacDonald.'

And then today a miracle happened. She fell asleep. We were on the way home from meeting my sister for lunch when I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the most precious

of sights; a sleeping child.

I was tempted to simply keep on driving, but I took a chance and came on home. I woke her up long enough to get her inside and in her own bed. There she proceeded to not sleep. Yup, you read that correctly. She started to play. Every time I walked towards her room I could hear her run and jump back in bed. Which, even when it annoys me, still makes me smile.

After 15 or 20 minutes of this I realized that all was quiet. Not that scary, suspicious quiet but that heavy silence that means all is well. So I am sitting here, smugly posting. And praising the goddess of sleeping children (there has to be one, right?) that mine is once again on schedule.