Sep 06 2008
Boy! Am I glad this day is over!
Today was the first Saturday I had both kids all to myself since Mary went back to work full-time as a nurse. She’s out of the house by 6:30am and doesn’t return until between 7:30-8:00pm. What a day it has been! I really feel for you full-time stay-at-home mommies!
I guess it was around 8:15am this morning when Ryan woke me up with his Wiggle’s Wake-up Jeff routine - if you’re not familiar with it, it goes like this (whisper) 1, 2, 3 - (shout at the top of the lungs) WAKE UP JEFF! Only, in this case - insert DADDY!!! Talk about a frightful awakening!
It only went downhill from there. You would think that Ryan would get tired of hearing his name over and over and over - Ryan - stop that, Ryan - get down from there, Ryan - stop kicking your sister, Ryan - put the dog down, Ryan - if you throw one more jellybean you’re going in timeout, Ryan - don’t make me chase you or I’m putting you in your room!
If it wasn’t Ryan pushing his sister around, it was Kylie pinching him when he wasn’t looking - either way - one of them was crying like every 30 minutes throughout the whole day!
If it wasn’t the kids - it was one of the dogs pooping and peeing everywhere but outside. I didn’t know that yorkies and maltese’s could poop and pee so frakkin much! Holy frakkin hell! Maybe it was just for my benefit today. I must have taken them outside at least 5 times - but - nooooooo - they wouldn’t go outside - they had to find their little “special” corners around the house to leave me presents.
What the frak is up with that? Is this really what Mary goes through all day long? I had a terrible migraine by the time she finally got home this evening at 8:30pm. Apparently, the woman who was training her on how to complete an incident report likes to talk A LOT and really took longer than was necessary. She was supposed to be off shift by 7:00pm. By the time 6:00 came around…I was really counting down the minutes until she got home to help take over. Imagine my dismay and the discouragement and anxiety I began feeling at round 7:15pm when I still didn’t get her “I’m on my way home” phone call!
I am so glad it’s over! At least I know what to expect NEXT Saturday!
