And So it Begins
Summer, that is. School officially ended yesterday and until TQ starts camp, I’ll have both kids home full time for the next 18 days.
I’m okay with this because I have a jam-packed calendar of fun planned. In my head. Whether or not these plans will actually materialize remains to be seen.
Today is a prime example of the whole “best laid plans” thing gone awry. See, I got my period last night and I’m practically comatose today. Why does it make me soooo tired???
In any case, I’m very glad that it came because we were really stupid and played a little Russian roulette a couple weeks ago. *kicks self hard*
Oh, and we’re out of coffee, which is the proverbial nail in our collective coffin. I MUST have one cup of coffee every morning or else everyone suffers right along with me. Period + no coffee = cranky mommy.
Now imagine this whole scenario with two children tugging at you and making these relentless demands for, like, food and stuff. Slavedrivers, they are…
I had planned to take them to the park where there’s a fountain for kids to run around in and let them get good and worn out whoop it up for a while. Then home for lunch and P’s nap and then to the grocery store later on. Suffice it to say, I don’t think any of that is going to happen.
Right now P has gotten into a big folder of x-rays that I stored under my desk and TQ, bless her heart, is being good and reading a book. I had tried to bribe her earlier to entertain P and keep him out of my hair for more than three seconds but he wasn’t having it.
He actually has this sixth sense for when I’m trying to slack a little and makes damn sure I never, ever do. *sigh*
I suppose that’s some sort of blessing as I read this terrible story last night about a woman whose 19 month old drowned in the bathtub while she was on MySpace.
Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?
And on that note, I’m going to take a quick shower and wake my sorry ass up. If nothing else, I need to get my hands on some coffee. And if no fun is had today, then to hell with it. I still have 17 more days to prove that I don’t completely suck at this mom thing.
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Good luck on your outings. Maybe once you get up and get going you will feel better?
Of course I offer that ridiculous statement from my couch, in front of The Price is Right, in my pajamas. Damn sinuses.
Ah yeah…I know that feling. I also know the feeling of kids who work really hard to ensure you do NOT have that easy day LOL.
I had caffeine today and can’t say as though it helped me much.
I wish you better success!
Feel better. I hate that drained feeling.
Feel better. I hate that drained feeling.
I have two words for you: day camp. In my town there are a lot of half-day camps that run either 9am-noon or 1pm-4pm. My kids do about four weeks of art or sports camps like these each summer.
Or are your guys still too young?
Periods are horrid :-( I think seeing men usually sit around while we chase the kiddos around and make the munchables that the fun filled periods should go to them.
Hope your week gets better.
Today is Day One of my kids’ summer vaycay, and I told them that we are doing NUTHIN’ today. Nada, zip, zilch. We all slept in, they’re watching Disney cartoons, and I’m taking my ass back to bed to watch Law & Order on TNT.
But, my kids are older than yours, so I have that luxury. Next week, the summer activities begin: summer school, basketball camp, vacation bible school, etc., etc…..
Hope you feel better soon. My periods are a bitch, too, so I’m with you there.
You’ll let us know how that whole jam-packed calendar works out, right?
Good luck with everything!
Hey, if the X-rays keep P occupied for a while, that’s OK!
Hope you get to that action-packed schedule soon.
Ugh! The topper is the coffee part. That is just wrong.
In July, I’ll bring you a cup every morning, O.K.?
Summer vacation isn’t quite as fun as when we were the kids!
Good luck on your 18 days! :)
Ack! Icky first day. I hear ya on the no coffee thing. It is a cause for panic if I notice I’m out/low at 10 pm and can’t get out till the next afternoon. NOT GOOD.
That drowning story breaks my heart. My youngest is 17 months old and I don’t even look away when she’s in the tub. They can slip under the water so fast.
I’m tired just reading this. Did I pick the wrong week to switch to decaf?
Your kids are out of school already! We still have another month. I know the feeling of planning all these fun things, but not always getting to them. I’ve learned to not mention these fun plans until we’re on the way out the door. That way if that trip to mini golf, park, etc. falls through, no disappointed faces!
hey Izzy, you know how our kidds are the same age right? Well, today Chris asked me, “Do you think if Aidan were a girl he would be changing Georges diapers by now?”
It was a funny question because why should it matter that Aidan is a boy, if a 6/7 year old girl could change diapers why couldn’t a boy… But you know, geneder stuff is all pervasive in culture etc…
So, anyway, this is my long winded way of asking, does your daughter help with diaper changes?
hey Izzy, you know how our kidds are the same age right? Well, today Chris asked me, “Do you think if Aidan were a girl he would be changing Georges diapers by now?”
It was a funny question because why should it matter that Aidan is a boy, if a 6/7 year old girl could change diapers why couldn’t a boy… But you know, gender stuff is all pervasive in culture etc…
So, anyway, this is my long winded way of asking, does your daughter help with diaper changes?
No coffee? I’ve been known to make a large cup of instant cocoa with big scoops of instant coffee (kept for such emergencies) when I run out of the ‘good stuff’. Hang in there.
No coffee? I’ve been known to make a large cup of instant cocoa with big scoops of instant coffee (kept for such emergencies) when I run out of the ‘good stuff’. Hang in there.
I have often thought of opening up an emergency coffee delivery service … I think I could make some huge $, don’t you?
Gotta love summer …
Hehe. Sounds like a typical day at my place - best laid plans aside something inevitably ruins it all (period be damned!, empty coffee tin - grrrr!) and my son has the same “WTF just happened?” look on his face just like his daddy. *shrug* Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.
Good luck with the rest of your 17 days!
I don’t make it through the day without three cups of coffee and a 15 minute catnap. I need those things. If I don’t have them, I’m no better than a punching bag.
We have exactly 15 days until there are 4 kids under 6 in my care for 3 whole months. Oh Lord help me, wait…did I say that out loud?! I’ve signed up the boys for 3 hours/day for activities and stuff but that means shuffling everyone out the door by 8ish. A bit ambitious, probably but need to have my sanity in check, my friend.
I feel your pain. That’s exactly why I’ve been posting exclusively about summer activities at Mommy Poppins.
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I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don’t have anything to say recently.
G’night