I have found the secret to parenting.
Ready for it?

No seriously, are you ready for it.

Okay, I will tell you.

The secret is...

drum roll please...

ONE NAP A DAY.

Hallelujah. One nap a day makes the world go round. I haven't really discovered this before because there haven't really been long stretches of times when it's just me and Lena, therefore I rule everything. And even worse, when she's with Whitney, Whitney drives her around all day, which is great, because she gets to go out and things, but the car immediately puts her to sleep, so she's been cat napping all day. But the last 3 days L has been having one good nap 11-2, and nothing else. Why is this so important do you say? Why is this the secret of parenting?
Because Lena is in bed by 8 o'clock.
And then proceeds to sleep 11 hours.

Holy mother of cowbells. It's 9, I've done all the dishes, cleaned up L's toys, emptied the trash in all the bathrooms, put the trashcans out on the curb, AND ... actually that's it. Now i'm just watching gilmore girls and knitting/typing.

I LOVE WINTER BREAK.

Now if only I could win the lottery so I could move into my secret garden cottage...