It was a weekend of lots of noise, stress, a few tears shed over the Distributive Law of Algebra, too much apple crisp, not enough movement. And not enough sleep. That about sums it up. Oh, and HOA meeting, did not resign yet. Volunteered to meet with landscaper at 8:30 am tomorrow before work. It’s all my own fault.
Sleepver was exactly what any sleepover with 8 children from ages 5 - 15 would be: crazy. But trying to do schoolwork during it? Certifiably insane. I am actually GLAD it is Monday! Except that I have therapy at 4:30 and not much to discuss. I am sure it will come to me.
Food today:
4:30 Therapy. 6 pm dinner, time with kids, laundry, dishes, cleaning, lunches … 7:30 pm workout? 8:30 - 10:30 reading/school work?
Sigh.
Oh, Saturday was the first day I have seen MBFF since the incident, though I am not sure what the incident itself is? Oh, standing up for myself? Doing what I think is right instead of what she wants me to do? Yeah, that was it. She acted as if nothing had ever happened, as if there weren’t a weird gap where she didn’t call me for four weeks but IMed and texted me daily. Ignoring is not the answer either. Then she texted me yesterday - didn’t just pick up the phone to call, TEXTED - to ask me if the kids could stay a couple extra hours. Typical me, I feel guilty, but really ladies I couldn’t do it, couldn’t take that many extra kids running around because I HAD to go food shopping and get some work done … so while I didn’t say NO outright, I was very annoyed that she didn’t ask ahead of time, and also then I had to provide lunch for five extra children when I wasn’t planning or prepared for that! So she did come and get them (but still was an hour, hour and a half later than usual) and I haven’t heard from her since.
And I am okay with that.
Okay ladies, have a good day. Be healthy!
laura705
September 14th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Busy weekend!! Maybe you could have asked if any of the older kids could help w/ the algebra, lol. Things w/ MBFF ae strange, huh. That’s probably something to discuss in therapy… Have a good evening and I hope you catch up on your sleep!
lindat
September 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Guess what I am going to say about veggies? Go ahead.. guess?
MBFF is passive aggressive
kotapaint
September 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
MBFF is inconsiderate, selfish brat with stunted emotional development. No sense beating around the bush, I’ll just go for the jugular (sp?) Anyway. Is she aware you just started school, returned from vacation, need to catch up at work and at home, and hosted a sleepover w/ a billion kids? Oh, but hey, can my kids stay a while longer so I can screw off while you watch and feed them a few more hours? Seriously?! With friends like that…
Ahem. Ok. I’ll be nicer next time.
Say the the word NO. Practice it. No, I’m not able to extend the visit. No, I’m so swamped with fitting school and studying into my schedule, I cannot extend the visit. So sorry. So good to see the kids, but they really have to go with all of the other children. I’m wiped out…
Text it if she prefers texts.
Kelly
September 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Forgot to add in today’s post: Therapy was good, turns out I did have a lot to discuss, lol. And I cut the grass Monday too.
I rock!