3/12/09 Made it to another day

Posted by lizhealthymom on March 12th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized |

Well…yesterday was…hellish, I guess is the best word.  The day never really got any better.  I was just tired and crabby and everything was getting on my last nerve.  Kids came home and it was not even 5 minutes after they walk in the door that one is mouthing off, and the other is whining.  I felt like I was being suffocated and couldn’t breathe!  I sent one kid to their room, the other to do homework (more whining ensued).  DH finally came home, I fixed dinner and then ran out of the house to preserve what little was left of my sanity.  Came home, got jumped on by the littlest for a while and then went to bed.  

I am feeling somewhat better today.  Not as crabby, although this morning was a bit hairy again.  I did wind up yelling at DH to get his @ss out of bed and help me get the kids ready on time.  One of my sons (the middle child) is SO slow at doing anything, so it takes him about an hour to get ready in the mornings, along with threats of no breakfast (they don’t eat till they are dressed!) and walking to school (not close).  So, DH had to stand there and make DS get dressed.  I’m sorry but hubby is 34 years old..I am not his mommy so I a)shouldn’t have to wake him up every morning and b) there is NO reason why he can’t help get them off to school in the morning if he is still here.  I have enough getting lunches made, breakfast made, making sure they have everything etc.  On that note, I am going to have to make the effort to make them have everything ready for school and ready to go the night before..would it be wrong of me to make my youngest DS wear his clothes for the next day to bed???  I’m also thinking that I am going to make up bags of mini-muffins or other breakfast foods they can eat on their way/waiting at the bus stop.  Not that I usually make a full meal or anything like that but something handheld that I can just have ready to hand out.  And lunches will have to be made in the evening.  I just can’t handle the madness that ensuesgetting them ready in the morning. Now, if I could find a way to calm the chaos when they get home..all would be well.  Any tips are appreciated!

Trying to convince DH that we should take the kids out for something fun this weekend.  It has been too long since we’ve done a family outing of any kind, and maybe it will help with this funk they are in.  I feel like all we do is spend all our time telling them to do this or that or stop fighting or..blah blah blah.  

Ok, it is 10:15 here and I am still sitting around in my jammies ;p  I guess I should get off my lazy butt and get something done.  Goal for today is to plan my menu (and grocery list) for the next week (or two?).  I want to try a new recipe or two and make healthier meal choices for my family.   Also going to continue the water thing.  DH gets paid tomorrow, woohoo!


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