Exhausted

The stress seems to be getting to everyone today.

Dave and I were both emotionally soft yesterday, but in ways that we were still able to support each other.  This morning we're more just tense, and snapping at each other.  But snapping at each other in this ridiculously kind way - unkind words always followed by something about trying to be supportive.

Lilly is getting edgy and having trouble behaving.  We can't blame her.  She is cycling through the same 3 outfits every day and keeps being forced to tag along on grown-up endeavors.

Annika struggles to behave.  When asked to do something, she simply digs in her feet and refuses.  She's tired all of the time, rarely getting the chance to nap.  This afternoon, we came back in time for her to nap... and she's refusing.

Sophia is actually doing fairly well.  She enjoys the books from the library and the restaurants where we're eating.  Taking the Metro has been exciting, and so have our various field trips - the public library, the National Building Museum, and the National Mall.  She's had two playdates.

Tomorrow we move into a larger hotel - a 3 bedroom apartment near our old home.  Once there, we will begin unpacking and cooking at night.  The girls can start school next week and we will all begin to fall into some sort of pattern.

But today, we still have very little.  We still don't know Dave's next assignment - so we don't know if we will be in DC for 1 month, the remainder of the school year, or the next 3 years. We've had at least two announcements of the final decision, to have it later reneged.  My tension level rises each time.  I've now told Dave not to share any announcements with me until he knows for sure.  In that case, he advised I stay out of email.

Despite the large mocha I drank only a few hours ago, I am exhausted.  I may just turn on the television for the afternoon, and lie down with Annika for a long nap.