Remember the night I skipped the school function to stay home but it turns out I also missed Bon Jovi night on American Idol? Karma.
Yesterday was just one of those days. On my way to work I all of a sudden found myself hurtling toward east Urbana. Oops. I had overshot the road to work—-which I turn down EVERY day—-by a mile or two. Turned around and headed back to my place of work but it sort of set the tone for the day. Long day and by 4:00 I had a headache and just wanted to go home.
Phone call from my mother. sigh.
I trudged over there after work and it took awhile but I managed to get my father to give me his hearing aid so I could change the battery. It seems that he doesn’t really recognize that he’s not hearing but it makes him more confused and irritable. (Of course one of the hearing aids is broken so Ernie will take it in today, as well as stop and get my mother’s glasses which she left at the hair salon yesterday, etc., etc….) Then he didn’t seem to know how to put the hearing aid back in but I managed to figure it out. Then he was seemed better and even asked for a kiss and a hug before I left.
Got home late, tired and grumpy. Said ‘the hell with it’ to the family dinner and fed the boys. Figured then I could just collapse and cook something more interesting for us later. Karma. Should have just fixed the frigging family dinner and blueberry cobbler like I was supposed to. It was a night of bickering, whining and squabbling. If only it had been warm out I could have just shoved them out into the yard. I just wanted to escape. And then the dinner I made wasn’t even very good.
The last two days Owen has been almost annoyingly cheerful about going to school. Not today. Managed to get him out of the house but gave in to no socks and not brushing his teeth. Sometimes…..
This will not go down as one of my favorite weeks.
Oh well…here’s a Kevin Welch song that sums up some of what I’m feeling….
It’s been a crappy week over here, too. February, be gone!
It’s been a crappy week over here, too. February, be gone!
Yes, February be gone!
My friend, how patient and loving you are. Can you see it this way? You tried to hold off on the COBBLER because you were tired and wanted to make it special for your family. You knew they wanted it, but you didn’t want to do a half-assed job.
Brava, Cynthia!
It’s okay to be tired!
Have I told you that D’s mother is moving to a condominium down the street in two weeks? I will be joining you soon in the several-days-a-week-fixing-things-and-to-church thing real soon.
Yes, February be gone!
My friend, how patient and loving you are. Can you see it this way? You tried to hold off on the COBBLER because you were tired and wanted to make it special for your family. You knew they wanted it, but you didn’t want to do a half-assed job.
Brava, Cynthia!
It’s okay to be tired!
Have I told you that D’s mother is moving to a condominium down the street in two weeks? I will be joining you soon in the several-days-a-week-fixing-things-and-to-church thing real soon.
Thanks guys. I’ll be thinking of you Cathy and ready to listen anytime!! Hopefully it will make things easier in the long run.
Oh and everybody—-make sure you listen to the Kevin Welch song long enough to hear the HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? lyric. Makes me happy.
Thanks guys. I’ll be thinking of you Cathy and ready to listen anytime!! Hopefully it will make things easier in the long run.
Oh and everybody—-make sure you listen to the Kevin Welch song long enough to hear the HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, HALLIBURTON, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? lyric. Makes me happy.