The Navy SEALs must pass through something called Hell Week
in order to become an actual SEAL. 
If they can’t take Hell Week they can always ring the bell that
signals that they are opting out and then they get coffee and donuts. 
For five and a half days the SEAL candidates are expected to operate on
four hours of sleep while being cold, wet, and presumably yelled at (since no
one seems to do anything in the military without being yelled at).  To this I say… What pansies. 

OK, the cold and wet does sound miserable.  But try operating for three months on
four hours of sleep while being constantly yelled at and then having someone
puke in your pants.  And in your
hair.  And on just about everything
else.  Then we’ll talk.  OK, OK, so you can snap a man’s neck
with your bare hands.  I can shoot
milk out my boob.  What else you
got?

All kidding aside, one of the unfortunate side effects of
becoming a mother (or probably a Navy SEAL) is that sleep is immediately
curtailed. Which makes lots of things, for instance, writing novels and running
a business, more difficult. 

Side effects of prolonged sleep deprivation include:

It’s not that being a mom is so difficult; it’s that being
anything else, while being a mom just increased in difficulty due to our
adorable little time sucking children and the constant sleep deprivation.  Which makes every word I type a minor
triumph. I will not be ringing the bell today. 

PS Please forgive any typos I may make.  I blame them on my daughter.

  

Bethany Maines
is the author of the Carrie Mae Mystery series and Tales
from the City of Destiny. You can also view the Carrie Mae youtube video or catch up with her on Twitter and Facebook.