Very Unusual Day

So Caleb woke up shortly after 6am...again. I've done the baby and toddler waking up early deal already. We've gone through those days - now it's been 7ish for Caleb for about a year now.
I love that. I wake up somewhere between 6 and 6:30, have some Bible time and then he comes scampering out with that little smile on his face between 7 and 7:30am.
Ever since we've moved into the new apartment it's been 6. Our bedroom window faces the east now so we get blasted by the sun really early. Which, is why, I believe he is waking up so early.
The thing is, I have curtains up. Then I put mattresses over the windows. They didn't cover it all and the curtains were too thin. So i added 4 more curtains. Still still didn't work. I added another 2 curtains last night. And, well, we can all see how succesful that was.
Do you know what I did tonight...it's so ghetto. I put cardboard all over the windows now. I could barely see to tuck him into bed tonight. This had better work, that's all I've got to say.

So back to today. When he woke up I was not a happy camper Mommy. Oh, come on, all you other Moms reading this can just admit that once in a while you do not greet your little one in the morning with smiles. There, I've said it. I've taken one for the team - I've admitted our early-morning once in a while sin. The reason why I was not a happy camper Mommy is because as soon as he woke me up I knew I was sick - really sick. I felt so horrible. And, I knew it was only about 6am. On top of that I could tell that he wasn't feeling well either.

I tried to get him to go back to sleep - he wasn't interested. We ate breakfast and after that had some snuggle time in one of the 'comfy chairs' that came with the new apartment. We were reading his Bible and he FELL ASLEEP in my arms. Caleb? You fell asleep at 8am? Really weird. I got him into his own bed and realized that I could barely walk. The cold medicine I took an hour earlier had kicked in and I was reacting quite strongly to it. I think by accident I took Benadryl...which, I never take because it literally puts me to sleep. At 9am I honestly couldn't even stay standing and it made me feel so sick. So, I climbed into bed and Caleb and I slept until 11:20am! Once the Benadryl wore off (not until this afternoon I think) I started thinking, when was the last time I took a nap in the morning? I can't remember...in my adult life I don't think I ever have. So, a very unusual day for sure.

I had to cancel Casa Alba programs today (with 3 rooms! bummer!) because we were sick. I will, instead, do those programs on Saturday. So, the kids are still gettin' some Jesus learnin' in...just a few days later!

The administrator for this apartment bloc came pounding on my door tonight, of course 5 minutes after I put Caleb down for the night. FYI : All apartments are individually owned. The administrator divides up the costs for the building itself and divides it between each person in each apartment. For instance, heating - garbage - water, etc...
I was going to start asking around who the administrator was but hadn't had time yet.
Women are not always so respected here in Romania. My conversation with this man tonight reflected that. What is funny is that I was trying to introduce myself to him and although he did shake my hand he refused to tell me his name. And, he doesn't like how I write my number "1", after I wrote down the numbers from the water meters and gave it to him. "You haven't done this right!!" Then he tried to add them together, couldn't (great - and this is the money guy for the building??)...and blamed it on how my numbers were. So, I added them together for him and wished him a nice evening. He did tell me that he lived in Apt. 4. Interesting. Just this afternoon I found a credit card on the ground, matched the name to Apt. 4 and returned it to them. I didn't run into this guy though when I returned it.