Sleep Over of Awfulness

I will start off by saying that Wm had the time of his life. So, that's good. But, his birthday sleep over did not go well. Did. Not. Go. Well. All the boys arrived, pizza was ordered, cupcakes were devoured, games were played - and all was well. Wm was a bit rude and belligerent (likely being "cool" and showing off for his friends). Getting them into bed was difficult and things started to take a turn. But then, at 1am, we were woken up by one of the party-goers projectile vomiting all over our bathroom. ALL OVER. It was like he used a hose. So I had to call his mom and have her pick him up in the middle of the night. Poor Steve was the one who actually had to go in there and clean up the mess, at 1am, on his hands and knees and in every crevasse while I dealt with the parents. When he was done, Steve was so nauseated from the ordeal, he could barely sleep.

Then, the other boys were JAZZED. There was no getting them back to sleep. After that excitement, it was giggles and banging around galore. At 3:30, I got to pee and found Wm just hanging out in his room on his computer. We have very strict sleep over rules (after the horrible incident where Wm just sat and cried for no reason for hours from exhaustion) - and that was in direct violation...and Wm knew it. I sent him back to bed without screaming at him (like I wanted to!) But then laid in bed and festered about it the rest of the night. So Steve and I got about 2 hours of sleep.

The boys may have gotten less than that! They were like zombies in the morning. But we stuffed them full of cinnamon rolls and they were happy. 2 of the parents were over 20 minutes late picking up their kids - which is NOT COOL after a sleep over. (No one was late at drop off, I can tell you that!) For the last hour, we just sat and watched the clock tick closer to freedom. 20 minutes was like an eternity.

I let Wm sleep in today and came in to work late. He got over an hour of extra sleep, but still did NOT want to get out of bed!! It was rough. But - Wm had super fun times! And he's (almost) 10!!! Which is BIG TIME! He said since this is his "biggest birthday," he is "too old" now for any more parties. That remains to be seen...but I pray he doesn't change his mind because I'm too old for this shit too.