I should be sleeping right now

So motherhood has been awesome...and by awesome I mean tiring. I have not felt well rested in, oh 14 months. My boys are fun and I love them so much but they really can suck the life out of me. I put them to bed anywhere between 6 and 8 and they wake up anywhere from 5 to 7. I hate when people tell me how lucky I am that they sleep so long. Yes, they may go to sleep at that time, BUT I DON'T. 

My body cannot physically do it. 6:00pm is not an ok time for a 28 year old to go to bed. There is still sunshine. I think part of the problem is that I used to be a night owl and that hasn't really subsided yet. I was the type to stay up until at least midnight and wake up around 9 or ten. I have tried the wonderfulness that is Advil PM and yes that helps to some degree but I still have to work at falling asleep. My eyes normally just get heavy to the point of closing but my mind is still going and I am just left looking like a zombie. I have tried naps. Ya I know a nap is supposed to be just a short period of rest but I always want more. Plus there is always something to do. Trash needs to be taken out, clothes need to be cleaned (and for some awful reason, folded), food needs to be made. Its a never ending cycle. There really needs to be a way for a Mom to call in sick. 

I used to think working 8 hours a day in some stuff office was rough. Um, ya I would take the federally mandated lunch and 10 minute breaks any day. My idea of a break is to sneak off to the bathroom long enough to do my business before one of the boys starts on a search for me and starts screaming like the bogeyman is after him. 

I want to start a facebook page about this. This is how things get done now. Until facebook becomes the new myspace...ya remember that thing?