The thing about being overtired is that you might get sick. And the thing about being sick is that (if it’s Saturday and Dane is home and none of the kids are sick and therefore no one desperately needs Mama for anything) you can sleep all afternoon without even realizing you’re doing so.

And then somehow you feel slightly better. Because sleeping helps fight germs! And sleeping makes you less tired! Sleep is our friend.

So it all works out in the end. I really ought to complain less.