Back in the saddle again

I was back at the office today. Even though I hadn't been there since 12/21 it seemed like a walk in the park compared to running around after Mary. I think this is why people rarely have kids without medical intervention after the age of 40 - God protects you from yourself and realizes you will be exhausted.

Jim is home until 1/7 so that adds another dimension to the little family, when he is home there is a battle of sorts of who is running the house Mary or Jim. Mary sleeps in our room and the treadmill is in our room. Now Jim knows Mary takes a nap from 12:30 to best case 3:00 and goes to bed no later than 8:00 yet somehow he can't manage to get on the treadmill before 8:00 so last night Courtney took her up to her room to fall asleep and then we brought her back down around 10:30 when Jim had finally gotten off the treadmill and taken a shower. Now some people would make the argument that if we moved Mary into her own room this would be a non issue (assuming you take screaming in the crib out of the equation) and then I would tell you Jim has been playing his guitar until close to midnight most nights upstairs in the room right next to what would be her room. So again its a question of who is running my house Jim or Mary it damn sure isn't me!