Life Re-boot

Earlier in the week the dude woke up with a bloody nose. There we were, standing in the bathroom at 11 in the evening waiting for it to stop. He was grumpy and I was tired. To make matters worse, he was mad at me for letting him fall asleep before he was able to have ice cream for dessert. He had a fitfully awful night of sleep where he moaned, groaned and hit me multiple times. After hitting snooze a couple of times because I'm so tired, I nudge him to tell him it's time to wake up. Guess what, he is mad at me for allowing him to sleep in because he wanted to wake up earlier.

This afternoon I'm rehashing the story with my colleague, who responds, "you need a life re-boot" and continues, "you know most computer issues are solved with a re-boot, so should life".

What an amazing concept. Just how do we get a re-boot? I've read a lot and discussed with friends about 'self-care'. However, we can't just schedule a massage when we have a morning of meetings or kids meals to make and activities to shuttle them to and from. Is meditation the answer? Can I even take 5-10 minutes? I don't even get quiet time on the toilet, how is re-booting possible? I don't have the answer to this quandary yet, but I'm sure as heck gonna try to figure out a tactic that allows me to re-boot.