It takes me exactly 45 minutes to be threw with my kids.
I woke up this morning cheerful - yes, cheerful, don't laugh - at seven. I saw my daughters sitting on the couch, one reading a story book to the other. Beautiful, yes? Then, the dream vanished and the daily debacle of getting ready for school ensued. Fits, fits, fits. Slow, slow, slow. Complain, complain, complain (um, some of that was me.) Get in the car. Fight, fight, fight. Get out of the car crying (surprisingly, that wasn't me.) At 7:45 am, I was absolutely finished with my kids. Done. Didn't want to see them, talk to them, nothin'. Oh, wait - Gabe.
So, he peed on the floor and my foot this morning. He screamed and threw things. And this is after he crawled into our bed at some point in the night. I didn't know he was there until his giant melon of a head cracked into mine when he turned over. He didn't even skip a breath. I sat there holding my head and wondering what happened. I didn't cuss, though. No, I saved that for the second time he bashed me in the head with his cannonball noggin. And yet, I still got up a cheerful person. That, my friends, is the power of pharmaceuticals.
Now, Coke in hand, Gabe in bed, I am going to the couch...WAIT! I haven't finished bragging on myself!
Before 9am, I have done a load of dishes, one load of laundry, folded it and (dum, dum, dum, DUM) put it away! Okay, so now I am going to the couch, turning on Bravo, and sudoku-ing until the battery runs out on my phone. And waiting for Terminix.
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Naomi sneaks in our bed sometimes and cracks my noggin too! Its annoying! Gwen, thankfully, still in a crib and can't get out yet! Whew! Good job for battling through the morning and getting all of that done before 9am! That is a full day no matter what anyone might say! I tend to think Brian has this attitude like "that is all you did today" kinda thing, but its a lot! Someday I plan to leave him from sun-up to sun-down and see how it all goes for him! Then I'll come home and grade him - ooo that sounds fun! Points for putting stuff away, brushing teeth, having clean diapers, negative points for dishes still out on the counter! I am gonna do it!
melon head, in my bed, how you make my face turn red!
Little poem...before 11 am.
ha ha!
i have suffered the head butt to the face by my child before too. enough to make you wanna cuss like a sailor.
and NICE WORK on your accomplishments...laundry put away. i'm so jealous. ;) that's next on my to do list. i think i'll have a brownie first.
You make me laugh! (Quite an accomplishment these days).
And I personally feel it is a law of the universe no one talks about: it is IMPOSSIBLE to do laundry, fold it and put it all away in one day - IMPOSSIBLE - so kudos!
"That, my friends, is the power of pharmaceuticals." Absolutely classic.
xoxJess
I loved this post. I hate getting smacked when my kids are sleeping with me. I don't like kids sleeping with me and when I get smacked or kicked it is so irritating and painful.
Hooray for meds!!!
That is the biggest bonus of summer: not getting your kids off to school. Yes, it sounds straight-forward but never is. Some days I'm so emotionally spent by 7:50 I need meds, too. Mine comes in the shape of a Bluebell ice cream container. Wal-Mart ice cream will do the trick, too. My mom tricked me big time by making it all look so easy.
OOOOOO! those head butts drive me insane. They wake me up enough for me to be TICKED.
So proud of you Jen for not cussing!!! :)
this may be my favorite blog to follow...you have a gift for words and humor. And it's comical how much I can relate sometimes- I was seriously proud of myself for starting the dishwasher the other day.
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