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It’s been a rough week for me and it’s only Wednesday. But sick children will do that to you. And I’ve realized something these last few days.

I really need a certain amount of sleep to function.

Remember being young and acting like a fool and staying up to all hours of the night? Only to wake up in the morning and you feel kinda crappy but it’s nothing a small fry and a coke from Burger King won’t fix.

Oh, wait. That was our remedy for a hangover when I was in college. Well, same deal. I’d stay up so late then go to work or class the next morning and I was okay. Hell, sometimes I even thrived on that sort of thing.

Now? Well, first it’s changed because usually I’m not up all night because I’m doing something wild and fun, I’m taking care of a child with an ear ache who won’t stop screaming and crying (Monday night). Or I’m dealing with the same kid who for no explanation, broke out in hives and couldn’t stop scratching (Sunday night).

That’s not fun. That’s not a most awesome reason to stay up at all hours of the night. That just…sucks.

So yeah. I need my beauty sleep. Went to bed early last night and slept right on through. No outbursts, no waking up, nothing. Just sleep. And it was awesome. I feel pretty good. And I need to feel pretty good because well, I haven’t written much lately and I really feel the need to do that today.

What’s your minimum amount of sleep you need? Mine is seven hours. I get that and I’m good. Less than that and I’m not so good.

So I have waxed poetic more than once over my love for reality TV. The love hasn’t died though reality TV has been going strong for a loooong time. I say keep it coming.

I’m sad Tabatha’s Salon Takeover is over, thrilled The Millionaire Matchmaker is back and I’ve been enjoying this season of The Real Housewives of OC. Hmm, I notice a Bravo trend here but I’m breaking it for my new reality TV love.

The Secrets of Aspen on VH1.

Oh my goodness what a bunch of bitchery! They’re all pretty snobby but there is one specifically who is kinda wack and her name is Laura. Wow. She seems a tad…psycho?

Of course, I know they can slant the way people are portrayed on these shows. Maybe she has some crazy tendenancies and they made her appear even crazier? I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt because there have only been three episodes so far. But in every episode, she does something a little nutso. Hmmm…

Okay I must go because it’s too damn windy and it’s making me nervous about my power. Do you watch The Secrets of Aspen? Or some other delicious reality show? Tell me

So I never watch The Cleveland Show. I was a big fan of Family Guy once upon a time but that was back in the simpler days, when the horribly vulgar and extremely funny show would fly right over my little ones’ heads. They didn’t get the jokes and I didn’t want them to get the jokes.

But then they started to question stuff. And, oh heaven forbid, they started repeating stuff. So I had to ban Family Guy from our TV. I had to sit down and tell the kids that the show is “inappropriate”. *insert sad face here*

I didn’t even attempt The Cleveland Show because I thought it would be more of the same. Well, my kids wore me down. Sunday was a bad day in my household i.e. the kids were driving me batty and I wanted them to shut up for a half hour and leave me alone. Oh don’t I sound like mom of the year?

Anywho, thank goodness for my Directv east coast feed. We started watching The Cleveland Show and while it’s not clean, it’s also not as “inappropriate” as Family Guy. Until Cleveland Jr started singing how much in love he was (with his stepsister but that’s another story for another time).

The quality isn’t that good (someone recorded it off their TV and I thank them for it) but I have to share it because the song Balls Deep is hilarious. Oh my. Talk about inappropriate.

I have a feeling I won’t let the kids watch this again.

Hey all I’m taking the lazy way this week here at Naughty & Spice because I’m hosting a week long contest over at my personal blog. It’s in celebration of my book Luck of the Draw coming out in print this week!

Giving away a book a day – the contest started Monday and is running through Friday. Go check it out starting with Monday’s post — click here.

Head on over there and good luck! Winners will be announced Saturday on my blog.