See Jade Run

I woke up late this morning....30 minutes before the bell was going to ring at school! Ugh....I did it again. Usually I manage to get Jade to school on time, even if I do wake up late, but no such luck today...Got there 3 minutes late. Late enough to make her get a tardy pass. I know Ro will give me a hard time about it, but I can always bring up Jade having to be sent to the office after Kindergarten because he forgot to pick her up....ha ha ha... When I tell Jade that we're super late, she picks up on it and doesn't lollygag too much (she tends to "lounge" on a regular morning). So this morning was "Let's get up!" 2 minutes later, "Here's your cereal!" 5 minutes later, with her mouth still full, "Brush your teeth!" "Put on your clothes!" "Here's your shoes!" "Brush your hair" all the while, I'm chanting, "Go, Jade, Go! Go, Jade, Go!" I think from start to finish, it took us 20 minutes. That may be a record. And that look of disappointment on her face when I told her she had to buy lunch. Poor kid. So why do I keep waking up late? I've been suffering from insomnia lately for some reason. I'm in bed, relaxed, eyes closed, but won't fall asleep for hours. And when I start to doze off, my son will cry in the middle of the night, waking me up with a start! Then after he is taken care of, I feel wide awake again, not being able to fall asleep for a few hours again. And this will go on until about 3:30 a.m. or so, and I get up around 6 or 6:30. (Hey, just because you stay home with kids doesn't mean you get to sleep in until noon, right?) I guess I'm not as relaxed as I think.
A few random thoughts:
*I've lost the 5 lbs I've gained from last week. Took me 3 days.
*I'm in love with another perfume...Tender Touch by Burberry...must get soon.
*I'm in love with a truck....The 2005 Dodge Ram extended quad cab (does that thing got a HEMI?)
*Need to prepare for a board retreat next week to revise our strategic plan. July 1 (new fiscal year) is when we're cutting off ties with the county and becoming a 501(c)3. I'm just dreading being locked up in a room with the other board members for 7 hours straight. We all get along great. It's just that I secured that position at the age of 25, and the others are close to 50. And even though we have a common goal, the way we think sometimes differ because of the quarter of a century age gap. Its not too often, but I'm sure it will come up sometime in those 7 hours. But hey, in the end, it's all about the kids.