I’m tired today.

The kind of tired that happens after listening to your little one cough in your ear all night.

When you wake up multiple times, checking to see if they’re okay, hoping they don’t throw up- again- from coughing.

The kind of tired that happens when you decide things are going really well, and it’s maybe time to cut back on your coffee intake.

The tired that you feel the first day of a diet where you’ve decided to finally kick the Diet Pepsi habit, and of course, the sugar.

A full day of work and people, a full day of listening, and inefficient paperwork, and trying to do every little detail on ten percent power, I collapsed onto the couch next to the culprit who kept me from a good nights sleep, and smiled.

It’s a good thing you’re so cute, buddy.