Why I am writing this post at 1am

I am writing this post at 1am. What makes an exhausted mother of four write at 1am? well, I cannot sleep. I got sick of laying down in bed, so now here I am.

There are plenty of reasons why I should be asleep. My kids have school tomorrow, which means I have to get them up, fed, dressed and ready and at school by 8:50am. Which is a very unfair start time. Why can't school start at 10am? 10am I can live with. I am also tired, which is an excellent reason to be asleep, yet I can't seem to fall asleep. My hair is annoying me. I have no idea why, it just is. My nose is annoying me, I think I may be coming down with a cold. If I am coming down with a cold then I need my sleep, but I always seem to get insomnia with a cold. My darling 2 yo is going to come and jump on the bed until I get up at some really early hour of the morning. This is why I need sleep.

I could always put the TV on and fall asleep on the couch, but when I do try that normally I find something on TV interesting and do not fall asleep, which defeats the purpose. I am definitely not going to lie on the couch without the TV on. I might as well lay on my bed.

I could read a book until I fall asleep but that will wake my fiancee and then he will be grumpy. It is easier to not wake him. I could read in the lounge but that is nowhere near as satisfying as reading in bed. I don't know why, it just isn't.

So, I need to figure out why I can't sleep. Then I may get a few hours of slumber before the kids wake me demanding breakfast, milk and other demanding almost impossible requests before I have my morning coffee.