Music to My Ears...

I would first like to start off by saying it's 10:07 and all kids are asleep. All of them... I took MM's advice. Bought Melatonin from CVS. Not very expensive- 7.99 for 120 pills @ 3 MG each. I gave Elliebear a whole one and Princess and Bruiser split one. Twins and Cici have no problem going to sleep. It was those other ones that have the issues... So the first "music to my ears" is the sound of me typing on the PC and that's it. No crying. No arguing. No hitting each other. No "stop it" as they push keys and I keep having to delete extra letters and start over... You get the idea... I asked the pharmacist. Said it was safe. And MM's pediatrician recommended for her kids so I feel comfortable about it. I am going to have some peace all night I hope... And sleep ALONE in my bed! Now...
Today started off pretty normal. Woke up extra early for some reason, nobody sick, got all kids off to school ok. Got to the daycare and Princess decides to pitch a fit. Doesn't want to take off her seatbelt. Crying and holding me as I am trying to get her to sit down for breakfast. Then she starts with, "I want my Dada," which totally broke mommie's heart. Eventually we got her to calm down enough for me to get out the door, where I immediate went and sat in the truck and cried.
Had to be at work at 8:15. Got here in plenty of time. Crappy day again. Not bad customers, just no sales. Then, I got a phone call from the principal at Elliebear's school. She wanted to tell me that L had consistently been falling asleep in class and had in the past been given permission to go to the bathroom to wash her face if she was sleepy. She ended up falling asleep in the bathroom. We had "words" because she was insisting that the nurse told me about this, but it was honestly the first I had heard of it. And I have to yell at L constantly to take her shower and go to bed each night. She wants to be a night owl... Doesn't work for her... Cici's gums/jaws hurt from her trip to the orthodontist yesterday. Other than that, twins still coughing a bit, runny noses, but everyone seems to be in good shape. Momma is tired. Oh so tired...
When I got off, went to L's first orchestra concert. It was pretty quick. Mrs. Garrett, the instructor made a funny. She had invited past students from 7-12th grades to come and play the first song. She said she did that so that parents of 5th graders would have some hope! LOL! She's sweet. Same one Cici had when she took violin. They sounded perfectly terrible. It wasn't so bad. But after only playing since the end of August, I think they did a good job. That was the other music to my ears...
We ended up going to CICI's Pizza with the orchestra to "celebrate" a job well done. It was so crowded and I hated to eat pizza two nights in a row but... I want my kids to be happy... And I didn't feel like going through the whole "clean up after dinner" process tonight. It was too much of a "day" for me.
Same wish as always, the best music to my ears would now be to hear honey's voice. I did get some emails from him today. Back and forth the whole time I was at lunch. And I am happy about that. The morning was terrible, but this evening is totally making up for it.
I am going to do a few chores, then it's off to dreamland for me as well. I am hoping honey gets his laptop soon. I am starting to worry. They said 10-14 days and today was day 14. I am ready to SKYPE with him. And I think it would do the kids a lot of good too, especially after that episode with Princess this morning. Man, I have so much to do! To be continued...