miserable night

i have 2 children that slept well last night. the rest of us had a bad night.

taylor came upstairs around 1:30, saying he was scared. i helped him make up a bed on the front room floor, and he slept the rest of the night away.
shannon came into my room around 2:30 or so. i put her on the floor next to my bed. for the next hour she tossed, coughed, and turned. at one point she wanted to hold my hand, or have in on her. that went on for about 45 minutes, and i had both arms fall asleep multiple times. when she settled down, i pulled my arms back up.
ashley started crying at one point last night. i don't remember exactly when. i put her blanket back on her, hugged her for a few minutes, and she settled down.
shaun's rls acted up last night. he jumped, and tossed and turned all night long as well.
i had bizarre dreams the first part of the night, and then just couldn't sleep the rest of the night.

the dream i remember started out that the windows had been left open and someone had come into the house. i couldn't find anything missing, but i closed and locked all the windows.
then it turned into a fight of sorts. there were guns. i think i had one, and it wouldn't fire, no bullets. an unknown guy had the second gun. after 3 failed attempts to shoot me, he turned it to his chest and fired. this time it worked. then, he disappeared. taylor showed up with a bullet in his chest. how it got there, i don't know. the guy that shot himself should have died. the shot was at pointblank range, and directly into his heart. taylors bullet was in the same place, but superficial. i was going to remove it and clean him up. then someone woke me up.