Bedtime worrier....

You see, miss Mette has ALWAYS been a good sleeper...as in infant we could lay her in her crib WIDE AWAKE and she would coo herself to sleep....she continued this until about a year ago when something spooked her and she has not been the same since!
Last night going to bed was a battle royal - as it usually is...in and out of her room more times than you can count, tears, EVERY light on, door WIDE open, covers tucked in SUPER TIGHT, closet doors CLOSED, the repetition of her making sure I hear every little "excuse me I tooted" and "mom when you come in again wake me up and cuddle as big as the universe ~ EVERY TIME"!
There is only some much a mommy can take- it is hard on daddy too...but in the middle of the night ....it was ALL mommy....ALL NIGHT! She started about 1 AM and the worries, meltdown, covers untucked, stuffy nose issues, and much more! I must have cuddled with her at least 6-7 times (every time I would leave with her saying it is NOT fair you get to sleep with daddy....I want to sleep with another HUMAN too!!!! (pretty cute of her to say ~ just not last night at 3:40!), blew her nose 5 times, got 2 drinks, chap stick once, and countless checks of the closet and door to make sure they are they way they should be...this kept on going strong until about 4:15 when for the first time EVER she got out of bed on her own! REALLY...when my bedroom door opened I was guessing it would be Gabe, as I am SURE he was up with all the screaming Mette was doing upstairs....NOPE it was Mette! I looked at my husband who was trying his hardest to fall back to sleep and started laughing. I could do nothing else- if it was not laughter it would have been tears! She needed to tell me she didn't like her backpack in her room and that she was moving it to the living room. FINE was my response and I told her to get back in bed, stay there and GO TO SLEEP! The chaos finally stopped at 4:30 when I realized that I had a sad 30 minutes before my alarm was to go off...I laid in bed for a short time and then the alarm went off....I would have loved nothing more than to ignore it completely and stay in bed, but the treadmill is calling....not so sure it is safe for me to be on it when I am so sleep deprived~ we'll see what happens!
As for Mette, she is SOUND asleep wrapped up in her covers with "Lamby Poo Poo Kins" and "Teddy" in a complete death grip and I am grasping at how I can function through the day at work with 19 kids, a thousand things to do, then go to my son's first school dance as a chaperon from 6-9 PM...oh yea...then come home in what is sure to be a fun drive with the snow they are predicting and get my house ready for family and friends to come over for RIBSGIVING (the Spivak's side of the family- their take on Thanksgiving!) Tell me again why I do not drink coffee....and I am NOT supposed to have pop....sugar is not good too so high doses of chocolate are out.....what can I do to stay in the up right position? Maybe the fact that Mette is having a sleep over with Nana and Papa tonight will be enough to keep me going...I KNOW I WILL SLEEP TONIGHT! :-)