Insomnia Irritation

I made the mistake of staying up until eleven last night, because I foolishly thought that I would have about seven hours to sleep before my husband and/or Violet got up. I woke up at 2:30, thirsty, and decided to get some water. At about 3:30, when I was finally ready to go back to sleep, Violet started talking. She kept repeating the phrase, “Oh no,” in a very sleepy little voice. I wasn’t sure whether she was awake or not, so I listened for a while, and eventually she stopped talking. Just as I started to doze off, at about 4:55, she started babbling again. It sounded like she was ready to get up, so after about fifteen minutes I drug myself out of bed and got dressed. By the time I got to her bedroom, however, she had gone back to sleep. As soon as I got back into bed, she started talking again for a few minutes. I finally dozed off sometime during Jerry’s shower, and got to sleep for about a half an hour before Violet decided it was REALLY time to get up. Now I’m sitting here with a VERY LARGE cup of coffee, trying desperately to wake up so I can take her to the library for story time at ten. The little girl that pushed her over last week had better not try anything this time. I am in NO MOOD.