Much Ado About Nothing
Jennifer, creator of one of my favorite blogs,
Prep School 101: Recipes for a Life Well Lived tagged me in a post about my favorite summer things. But truth be told I am not in the mood. We haven't had much of a summer but it's been a long summer. Most of it rainy and the past week so oppressively humid that we haven't been outside much. Not that the kids want to be outside anymore. They're bored and I am bored. I'm bored with trying to think of fun things to see and do. Why can't kids just play anymore. Why do they have to be entertained 24/7?
I wished we lived in the South. The kids would be in school by now. I would be able to get my life together. Sort of. I need a break from the kids. I need a baby sitter, but with prices as high as they are here I save my sitters for when I really need them. To spend $60 just to drive around and run away from my offspring is a bit silly.
We've spent the past couple of days doing our Back to School Shopping. Oh. My. Gawd. I'd rather give birth again without pain meds as it is less painful, less traumatic and less exhausting. Really. My kids have been unruly the past couple of days. Rebecca loves to shop. The boys hate it, especially Christopher. And he can be a really big baby when he has to do something he doesn't want to do. We made it in and out of the outlets the other day relatively unscathed. (It helped that I found a couple of cute things for myself!)
But yesterday was terrible. So bad so that I had to overbuy. I started tossing stuff left and right into my shopping bags just so we could get in and out of the stores. I overbought by about $2oo and now have the lovely task of returning $200 worth of clothes... well, $100 really as I quickly ran to Old Navy and The Gap this morning without children. I left them at home for 45 minutes. My intent was to be an hour but when I forgot my receipt to The Rugged Bear my journey ended early. I was so depressed! It was lovely having those 45 minutes to myself! I blasted the stereo, sang as loudly and as off key as I could with my windows down and the wind blowing through my dirty hair! "Don't you want me baybee.... Don't you want meeeee bay-beeee!" I made my three stops and desperately started looking for a 4th... something, anything to keep me out of he house 15 more minutes. When I got home the kids seemed as disappointed as I was that I was home. I was met by two "Boy that was fast. You were gone for an hour?" I lied and told them I was. Had I been gone for three hours would I have been able to lie and say I was away for just one? In 6 months Rebecca will be old enough to take a babysitting course and earn a safety badge. At that point I suppose I will have to pay her. I'd better take advantage of this free child care while I can! My kids all behave when I am gone. TV is allowed. They know if they misbehave I will never leave them again. As I said, they want me gone as much as I want them gone.
They are now all upstairs. I am in the kitchen. I have baked 2 loaves of Peach Almond Bread and I have 24 Peach & Blueberry Muffins in the oven. I bake when I am bored and when I am stressed. Luckily I don't eat it all. I have other family members to do that for me. And I give my goodies out as gifts as well...
The boys are playing with the trains. Rebecca is cleaning her room. She has been at it for days. Days! And I haven't seen a damned difference! I told her she wasn't getting any of her new clothes until all her other clothes are put away, properly! And neatly! All our new wardrobe purchases are on the love seat in my bedroom. She can look and drool but she can't touch!
And I still have more shopping to do. But it won't be happening this week. It just can't!
I'm wondering what we'll do when the boys stop playing and get bored. I'm not in the mood to play with them. Is that terrible? I would rather clean and fold and put my laundry away than play with my kids. I just don't have it in me anymore. It's been a very long summer. And we still have a lot of summer left. And I have a mess in the kitchen sink. And a dishwasher to empty.
And I am just not motivated to do it... any of it. Bah-hum and bah!
Anyone else wishing summer was a little bit shorter?
Keep leaving me Blogging suggestions... love your ideas!
I wished we lived in the South. The kids would be in school by now. I would be able to get my life together. Sort of. I need a break from the kids. I need a baby sitter, but with prices as high as they are here I save my sitters for when I really need them. To spend $60 just to drive around and run away from my offspring is a bit silly.
We've spent the past couple of days doing our Back to School Shopping. Oh. My. Gawd. I'd rather give birth again without pain meds as it is less painful, less traumatic and less exhausting. Really. My kids have been unruly the past couple of days. Rebecca loves to shop. The boys hate it, especially Christopher. And he can be a really big baby when he has to do something he doesn't want to do. We made it in and out of the outlets the other day relatively unscathed. (It helped that I found a couple of cute things for myself!)
But yesterday was terrible. So bad so that I had to overbuy. I started tossing stuff left and right into my shopping bags just so we could get in and out of the stores. I overbought by about $2oo and now have the lovely task of returning $200 worth of clothes... well, $100 really as I quickly ran to Old Navy and The Gap this morning without children. I left them at home for 45 minutes. My intent was to be an hour but when I forgot my receipt to The Rugged Bear my journey ended early. I was so depressed! It was lovely having those 45 minutes to myself! I blasted the stereo, sang as loudly and as off key as I could with my windows down and the wind blowing through my dirty hair! "Don't you want me baybee.... Don't you want meeeee bay-beeee!" I made my three stops and desperately started looking for a 4th... something, anything to keep me out of he house 15 more minutes. When I got home the kids seemed as disappointed as I was that I was home. I was met by two "Boy that was fast. You were gone for an hour?" I lied and told them I was. Had I been gone for three hours would I have been able to lie and say I was away for just one? In 6 months Rebecca will be old enough to take a babysitting course and earn a safety badge. At that point I suppose I will have to pay her. I'd better take advantage of this free child care while I can! My kids all behave when I am gone. TV is allowed. They know if they misbehave I will never leave them again. As I said, they want me gone as much as I want them gone.
They are now all upstairs. I am in the kitchen. I have baked 2 loaves of Peach Almond Bread and I have 24 Peach & Blueberry Muffins in the oven. I bake when I am bored and when I am stressed. Luckily I don't eat it all. I have other family members to do that for me. And I give my goodies out as gifts as well...
The boys are playing with the trains. Rebecca is cleaning her room. She has been at it for days. Days! And I haven't seen a damned difference! I told her she wasn't getting any of her new clothes until all her other clothes are put away, properly! And neatly! All our new wardrobe purchases are on the love seat in my bedroom. She can look and drool but she can't touch!
And I still have more shopping to do. But it won't be happening this week. It just can't!
I'm wondering what we'll do when the boys stop playing and get bored. I'm not in the mood to play with them. Is that terrible? I would rather clean and fold and put my laundry away than play with my kids. I just don't have it in me anymore. It's been a very long summer. And we still have a lot of summer left. And I have a mess in the kitchen sink. And a dishwasher to empty.
And I am just not motivated to do it... any of it. Bah-hum and bah!
Anyone else wishing summer was a little bit shorter?
Keep leaving me Blogging suggestions... love your ideas!