Oh the fun of toddlers, sleep and events
So got Janelle Friday afternoon when her mother dropped her off. She's been a bit clingy with the head cold, but she settles down. Took a late afternoon nap, then bed at 10. She went right to sleep. Yay! Gramma hit the hay about 11:30 after my nightly soak in the tub for the arthritis and circulation issues.
Guess who woke up at 3:30 am? Tried to get her to lay down and go back to sleep by putting her in our bed..no go. Changed diaper (barely wet)..no go. FINE. At 4:30 we get up, and I head for the front porch where any playing would be at least mostly filtered. Open the slider and think "wow, it's really warm out here, did I forget to turn down the heater?" Checked the top dial (which is the only one I use), nope. It was set low for overnight. Then I realize it STINKS like melted plastic. Oh no....did the electrical cord get twisted under the heater? Nope. Funny, doesn't stink over the heater. Next thought: plug. SHIT. grab cord a foot from the plug, cool...run hand slowly toward the plug, it gets warmer. SOAB. The extension cord plug and heater plug are HOT.
Immediately I pull the two apart then happened to look at the dials on the heater. The top one is fine, the bottom one? It's on 3!! I put it on 1, because it is plugged into an extension cord, and a light, indoor one to boot so the load CANNOT be higher than where I had it. So SOMEONE (whom should remain nameless the little pita) played with the dial. *sigh* Today I will check the heater out by plugging it straight into the wall jack, and throwing the extension cord out.
Get child and myself dressed at 7:30, and out the door at 8:15. She slept for 20 minutes. *grumbles* Class didn't go quite as well as it should/could have since same little someone decided to have grumpy moments.
A dear friend helped me get her to sleep at 12:30, she slept until 3 when another friend quite accidently bumped the stroller, and she woke up.
But during her nap I got to see friends I haven't seen in a while, got reminded that I was supposed to email a friend about books and forgot (which I will do shortly), met another sewer/SCA person I've befriended here (Hi jtdiii, had a wonderful lunch, leaned on many in exhaustion...and presented the calligraphy piece to the author of the poem:
Janelle was good all through court, had a gentle two pews back laughing often, even had the royals giggling here and there.
Took her home early, came home, missed the fun at the restaurant but I was doooone. *flop*
Guess who woke up at 3:30 am? Tried to get her to lay down and go back to sleep by putting her in our bed..no go. Changed diaper (barely wet)..no go. FINE. At 4:30 we get up, and I head for the front porch where any playing would be at least mostly filtered. Open the slider and think "wow, it's really warm out here, did I forget to turn down the heater?" Checked the top dial (which is the only one I use), nope. It was set low for overnight. Then I realize it STINKS like melted plastic. Oh no....did the electrical cord get twisted under the heater? Nope. Funny, doesn't stink over the heater. Next thought: plug. SHIT. grab cord a foot from the plug, cool...run hand slowly toward the plug, it gets warmer. SOAB. The extension cord plug and heater plug are HOT.
Immediately I pull the two apart then happened to look at the dials on the heater. The top one is fine, the bottom one? It's on 3!! I put it on 1, because it is plugged into an extension cord, and a light, indoor one to boot so the load CANNOT be higher than where I had it. So SOMEONE (whom should remain nameless the little pita) played with the dial. *sigh* Today I will check the heater out by plugging it straight into the wall jack, and throwing the extension cord out.
Get child and myself dressed at 7:30, and out the door at 8:15. She slept for 20 minutes. *grumbles* Class didn't go quite as well as it should/could have since same little someone decided to have grumpy moments.
A dear friend helped me get her to sleep at 12:30, she slept until 3 when another friend quite accidently bumped the stroller, and she woke up.
But during her nap I got to see friends I haven't seen in a while, got reminded that I was supposed to email a friend about books and forgot (which I will do shortly), met another sewer/SCA person I've befriended here (Hi jtdiii, had a wonderful lunch, leaned on many in exhaustion...and presented the calligraphy piece to the author of the poem:
Janelle was good all through court, had a gentle two pews back laughing often, even had the royals giggling here and there.
Took her home early, came home, missed the fun at the restaurant but I was doooone. *flop*