You ever had one of those days where you’re Just. Done!? Where you just want to throw in the towel and be done with it? Walk away? Leave it for another day when you can come at it with a fresh attitude and feel better about the situation? That’s me today. Except I’m a mommy and walking away and leaving it for another day could get my kids taken away or send me to jail because THEY are what I am done with today.
It started over spilt water. You can’t cry over spilled milk, right? Well, I nearly cried over spilt water after scolding Sugarplum too harshly when she left a cup of water unattended in Doodle’s reach and he helped himself to a little impromptu water play all over the floor.
Then I took the little ones for a grocery run. After fighting over my coupons with Doodle and arguing over whether or not it is safe for Sugarplum to ride on the side of the shopping trolley (I say it is not), we finally got going on our shopping. And then something happened and I almost threw in the towel and walked out: I had forgotten my reusable shopping bags.
Totally not a big deal, right? Well, maybe not but to me it really is. I hate having tons of plastic bags laying around because I don’t really use them and on the rare occasion I need a plastic bag, I usually have some from clothing and home stores, I don’t need grocery ones! I try to do my part for the environment and I feel so wasteful whenever I have to use plastic bags. Today, what easily fit in TWO of my (extra-large) reusable bags came home in ELEVEN plastic bags. Ugh, what a waste! (I got in the habit of reusable bags while in Ireland where there really isn’t a choice. Well, I guess technically there is: you want a plastic bag? No problem, that will be 22c please!)
So home to lunch we came. Potstickers in the pot and I sit to feed Doodle on the couch and I hear scuffling. More spilt water. After Sugarplum climbed on the counter to get a cup out of the upper cupboard when her covered straw cup was right on the table! Patience…gone!
Honeybun was sick all weekend and now Doodle’s got a glorious runny nose which in addition to the teething has created a baby who won’t nap more than an hour and spends most of the rest of his time nursing or screaming. Not to mention he was up crying every few hours through the night (luckily I never had to go to him, hubby went in once but I was up at 5:00 with him). Done with this day!
Off to school to get Honeybun, walking down our stripped, dusty road that they are just now getting around to resurfacing long after removing the sign that sat on our street for a month saying they would be starting January 8.
I inform Honeybun it’s a straight to homework day (because I needed a rest and was hopeful early to homework would result in early to nap…ha!) “I’m not doing homework today, I hate homework!” Me too.
Dinner? Yeah, then there’s that. What to make? I have no idea. Why? Because I’m DONE! Done with this day except…I still have dinner to arrange, 2 ballet classes to teach and all the shutting down work at home to do. 7 more hours….
