After 4 Hours of Sleep

Yesterday was a busy day (besides Miriam's usual busy-ness) ... not only do we have services at our church - Sunday School at 10 a.m., Morning Service at 11 a.m. and Afternoon Service at 2 p.m., we also had the season's end Upward Program to attend at another church at 6 p.m.  I was a little skeptical about how good the whole thing was going to be because the speaker was the mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs NFL football team ... I mean, really?  How much could a MASCOT have to say?!  But I was proven so wrong:  Dan Meers is the man behind the mask (so to speak) ... and he was so much fun and gave an incredible testimony about his personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 

So, Miriam had all of a maybe 1 hour nap yesterday in the midst of all the excitement ... On the way home from the basketball program, she fell asleep.  I was a little worried as it was only 7:45 p.m., but we got home and I put her in bed, thinking she'd wake up soon.  So, I waited.  I put the older 2 kids to bed after a while, thinking Miriam would wake up amid the night chaos and showers.  Nope.  I folded some laundry, balanced my checkbook, watched Cupcake Wars ... and I waited for the banshee screaming.  Miriam slept on.

We got a pretty fierce storm around midnight - strong winds and thunder.  I was SURE Miriam would wake up ... so I waited.  But she slept.  I went on to bed, but I didn't sleep very well at all.  Miriam woke up SO HAPPY at 6:30!  She enjoyed seeing the older kids before they left for school.  We even sat on the porch a few minutes and waved good-bye to everyone as they headed out for the day.  THANKFULLY Miriam fell asleep on my lap, watching the (obviously boring) morning news so we got to take a short morning nap.  That was very helpful for me and guarantees that I will survive this day.  And so here we go ... ready to tackle unloading the lower cabinets and bottom bookcase shelves and all the toys in every box ...