Monday, February 11, 2013

An Auspicious Start (To Another Spouseless Week)

Sunday:

11:00 - drop kids off at a friend's house, go have a nice lunch with Dr. S.
12:30 - get kids.  Everyone is, briefly, happy.
2:25 - return from errands.  Spouse expresses opinion that he cannot shower and shave in merely 35 minutes.
3:00 - cab to airport is supposed to arrive.
3:05 - cab company calls to say they are going to be 45 minutes late, i.e. Dr. S's plane will be in another state by the time he gets to airport.
3:06 - call three more cab companies.  They say it will be an hour until they can get Dr. S to the airport, at which point his plane will only almost be in another state.
3:10 - call neighbor to come over and sit with the sleeping children.
3:15 - neighbor arrives; Tatoe wakes up and screams.
4:15 - return from airport; Tatoe has not napped.
4:40 - wake up Bug from nap.  Screaming and tantrums ensue, because where is Daddy???
5:30 - dinner for everyone but me.
6:00 - I try to eat.  Children scream their heads off and fight.  Bug goes to timeout.
6:15 - I try to eat again.  Bug goes to timeout again.
6:16 - I wash the dishes while Tatoe cries "Bug!  Bug?  BUUUUUGGGG!"
6:17 - I go type while Tatoe cries "Maaaaah!  Maaaaah!"  (Milk me, woman.)
6:18 - I wonder if it is not, perhaps, bedtime right now.  

4 comments:

  1. I hope that today is going more smoothly. Or at least Tatoe naps.

    I'll never understand why toddlers refuse naps. If someone told me that right now I must lay down in my bed and close my eyes for, oh, about 2 hours. I would be all 'Yes siree, can do.' Not WAAAAAHHHHHH! TODAY IS THE WORST DAY EVER!

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    1. Yes, almost anything would be better.

      I sometimes lay down on the couch and close my eyes even when it's NOT naptime!

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  2. You are making me doubt motherhood is worth it at all with this post. Perhaps I need to reconsider...

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  3. Anonymous8:32 PM

    OMG CABS ARE BAD. What a nightmare. I just want you to have a really big drink.

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