there is only so much...

there is only so much one can take. yes, i do cherish my sleep. and yes, i do know that you are supposed to sleep when the baby sleeps. but seriously...there is only so much one can take! there are a limited number of times that i am willing to step over a pile of laundry. i can only handle sitting on a crumb-covered couch for so long. not to mention that it's ant season! don't even get me started on the dishes. you know when you pile them on one side of the sink to soak? and you know how, after you haven't gotten to those, you start to stack dishes on the other side? and then you know how you can't even use your kitchen sink because there are too many disgusting dirty dishes (that by the point, you're almost not even willing to touch, let alone put your hands in that nasty water) in the way? yeah, don't even get me started on the dishes...oh and diapers. let me tell you about the diapers. they're everywhere. i think we have one trash can in our house, and it's in our bathroom. let me break it down for you:

1. during the middle of the night, sam's diapers get changed in our bed, and they get tossed on the floor. by the time we get up for breakfast, there's a nice pile of 3 or 4 (sometimes more) diapers.
2. in the morning, riley's diaper gets changed either on her floor before breakfast or on the couch after breakfast, so the diaper usually ends up either in the hallway or on the living room floor.
3. during the day, diapers get changed wherever we happen to be, which is, 9 times out of 10, in the living room.

depending on how fussy sam is being or how busy i am chasing riley around, these diapers may or may not sit in their designated spots until i can get to them and dispose of them properly. the kiddos get put on hold if riley poops. those diapers can't be left sitting around to marinate. it's just not safe. you may think that it would save me a lot of trouble if i would just put the clothes in the hamper, have riley eat only at the table, and invest in a few more trash cans. you would be wrong. have you ever left wet clothes in a hamper for an extended amount of time? it ain't pretty, and it doesn't smell pretty, either. have you ever left a 2 year-old alone at a table to eat? yeah, that one isn't much fun, either. food ends up everywhere but in her belly. have you ever had to empty a trashcan that's been collecting diapers for a few days/weeks? trust me, my friend. you don't want to. that's all i can say. it's easier this way.

so, that is why, my friends, i sometimes do without a nap, because there is only so much one can take. besides...i can sleep tomorrow.