Things that go bump in the night

I’m really tired right now. Last night was weird, or I guess I should say this morning. Around 2:30am I woke up to some really loud banging noises in our utility closet that is next to our bedroom (the access door to it is outside in the back). I wasn’t too worried, figured maybe it was just a javelina or skunk but I got up to check just in case. As I’m walking down the hall, I realized all of a sudden that the washer was going. At 2:30am. Did we have burglars that needed to clean some laundry? OK, that didn’t really go through my mind—my first thought was actually-- Nick-- I’m going to kill him! He has a history of sleep-walking--but sleep-chore-doing? When I went in his room to check, he was sound asleep. So was everyone else as I made the rounds, and I even went back to double check that Nick was really asleep. I go back to bed a little bit stymied. About half an hour later Nick comes in our room and tells me someone was looking in his room (twice) :-). Apparently he fakes sleep as well as he does throw-up. Then Junior walks in. Nick woke his older brother up and told him someone with long hair kept looking in his room and it definitely wasn’t mom. Of course, I ask Nick about the laundry and he confesses. Apparently he needed to wash some clothes at 2:30 this morning. The noises I heard were made by the water heater in the utility closet. I confess that it was me looking in on him and we all go our merry way back to sleep-ville. Only thing is, shortly after that, Hannah comes in to tell us that Rose (who hasn’t had a real accident yet) wet the bed (and of course I forgot to put the plastic sheet back on it the other day), so yeah, not getting much sleep last night. Actually I still prefer this to staying up all night with a crying baby—huge kudos out to all the moms that still do that! I hope Nick doesn’t try to clean the bathrooms at midnight tonight—actually, I hope he does, what am I saying?