20 things I learned from watching the Blood Moon

1. You will wake up at 3:45am after letting two of your children sleep in your bed because your husband is away and you hate sleeping alone, and they hate sleeping alone, and one of them has the habit of waking people up when he's awake so maybe we'll all sleep better...and think, "Oh, wait. The Blood Moon is happening soon" and head downstairs.

2. You will spend two hours alone in the dark most of which is lovely, because you are alone, only to have your two year old wake up screaming, which is uncharacteristic of him, thirty seconds before the climax of the Blood Moon which you've spent two hours watching. He will not only be screaming, but be screaming AT you because you somehow offended the two year old gods in his dream.

3.You will cuddle him and he will smell wonderful.

4. You will finish watching the Blood Moon and finally meander upstairs for a couple hours of sleep.

5. You won't.

6. You will again be woken up buy that two year old who is either kicking an electronic toy in his bed or playing with the toy.

7. You will put in earplugs.

8. He will scream louder than the decible allotage of the earplugs.

9.You will go to check on him.

10. He will decide he is up for the day.

11.You will die inside.

12. You will bring him into bed with you because, why not, you have two of your four children in there anyway, why not add one more?

13. Your bed will smell like urine.

14. You will learn that the two year old tries to fall asleep by kicking his legs like he's swimming.

15. You will learn that you can't sleep when someone is trying to kick their legs like they are swimming while they are in your bed.

16. You will open your eyes to see gorgeous brown eyes millimeters from your face.

17. You will cave and beg the four year old (who was sleeping) to take the two year old downstairs to watch Disney Jr.

18. You will learn that if Disney Jr. is on your kids don't need you and let you sleep until 8:15am.

19. You will be grateful.

20. You will think, "That Blood Moon was indeed spectacular."and you will sip your first of many cups of coffee.