Wednesday, September 28, 2011

today...

  • 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:

Andie said...

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!

K said...

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!

annalisa said...

i hope tomorrow goes much better!

i would be more than happy to help replenish the chocolate supply anytime ;)

annalisa said...

p.s. that picture of adam is pretty awesome ;)

the electricity is still off?! that's dumb.

Deanne said...

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!

Steve-Rosanna said...

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

Katie said...

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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