Desperate for Sleep

I am a night owl. I usually stay up at least until 11:00 at night. I have been trying to go to bed a little earlier so I can get up early to work out. So far, there have been a few complications, so I haven't been going to bed early like I want to. Last night I was up until 11:30 even though I tried to get to bed by 10:00. I had to get up at 5:30 this morning to go pick up my pears and blackberries that I'm canning this week.

So I would have gotten six hours of sleep, except that I was woken up at 4:30 by the sound of kids playing the piano downstairs. At first, I thought that I was dreaming, but then I got out of bed, and sure enough, all of the lights in the house were on and Eden and Jonah were downstairs playing! I quickly told them to get in bed and that it was still dark, so they were supposed to be sleeping. (I have had this conversation with Jonah many times before.)

I couldn't really get back to bed after that, so instead of six hours of sleep, I got 5 and maybe a quarter. When I woke up to go get the fruit, I noticed that Jonah's light was on in his room. He had the shutters opened and was playing in there. Seriously? I don't think he ever went back to bed! So I took him with me so he wouldn't burn down the house while I was gone.

I was going to can today, but I don't know if I will have the energy! I am going to have to sneak in a nap in somehow. At least Jonah will probably take a nap since he was up at 4:30 this morning!