- kids got woke up early by a loud thunderstorm.
- i kept a child home from school to finish their book report, which is due tomorrow.
- i had to miss my morning walk to help said child with their book report.
- i ate 1/2 bowl of chocolate frosting which had hardened into a delicious fudge.
- i promised the child lunch at a restaurant after the visual part of book report was done.
- i got yelled and screamed at about said book report for at least 2-3 hours.
- we eventually ate lunch at mcdonalds as per child's request.
- i made taco soup in the crockpot.
- the sun peeked out of the clouds for the first time in days.
- i forcefully saved the entire book report from being ripped into shreds when an upper case "L" was written instead of a lower case "l".
- in a show of solidarity against extreme perfectionism, i decide that i'm not using any more capital letters the rest of the day.
- i took ellie to the neurologist for her check-up and we wait the longest we've ever had to wait there (with the 1/2 hour drive each way, the whole ordeal is almost 2 hours).
- we came home and i ate a coconut popsicle.
- child sits down to finish book report and kicks over dining room chairs and throws pencils all over the floor in frustration.
- glen calls and says he's working late.
- it takes 30+ minutes to pick up cami from cross country.
- i have a melt-down at dinner and put myself in a time-out to eat in the bedroom with the door locked.
- i didn't like the crockpot taco soup.
- sister comes over with some red mango pomegranate frozen yogurt for me. thanks annalisa!
- a friend comes to pick up cami for YW at someone's house. thanks christine!
- sister takes spence and adam to scouts at the church.
- really hoping that blogging about this day will help me to laugh at it all....someday.
- wondering what i'm going to do now that the chocolate supply is running low.
and right after posting this originally, the power popped off and has been off for almost 2 hours now. on the bright side, we have lots of flashlights and batteries in the house after all of our hurricane scares this fall. and we live right by a starbucks with free internet.
oh and adam gives just as good death stares by flashlight as he does in daylight.
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7 comments:
If it helps, I've put myself in more than one of those dinner time time-outs in the bedroom with the door locked when Ryan suddenly springs on me that he's working late, too.
Good luck with the homework situation. I wish I had some good advice, but if I was there I'd come replenish your chocolate supply and give you a big hug!
Why did the power go out? I'm sorry you dealt with a super perfectionist doing homework today. Not fun! I need time outs sometimes too! HUGS to you my dear sister!
i hope tomorrow goes much better!
i would be more than happy to help replenish the chocolate supply anytime ;)
p.s. that picture of adam is pretty awesome ;)
the electricity is still off?! that's dumb.
Sorry you had such a crummy day. I don't look forward to those homework fights with my kids. I can remember having hw anxiety as a 4th grader and it had to be stressful for my mom. Hang in there!
Not to worry Adam...only 13 more years of homework-including college. It only gets easier. Better to get an early start so you have more time to play games and go outside!
Love, Grandpa-Grandma
Why has it never occurred to me to put MYSELF in time out? A far superior alternative to the tantrums I throw in front of the kids. Thank you for the tip.
I loved this post.
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