Friday, October 23, 2015

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Sherry - Wow, you're life has definitely been a whirlwind! Was it the all day shoots with your kids that set you behind or is this just what your normal routine looks like now? I know for me it seems to be a lot of small things that keep cropping up constantly and setting me behind.

Laura - I love trail runs! It's been to hot to run in the day until this week, and I can't do trail runs in the dark so I've been missing them. Looking forward to starting with them again soon!

Well, yesterday was pretty awful. Woke up to discover youngest has croup. Just a mild case, but still. All my kids parent/teacher conferences were scheduled for that day. So I was plotting how I would keep the youngest from roaming in the rooms and planned to give him my iPad to keep him next to me and not spreading germs. But then, after I made a run to Costco, our sewer system decided to back up. Nasty, gross smelling water coming up our drains in our showers and bathtubs and toilets overflowing and not flushing. The worst was my hubby. He's been having to work every day this week because he traded with another guy so he could have this past weekend off for his graduation. So he's already tired. But he was yelling and throwing things and having a regular fit about it. I managed to keep calm and keep the kids out of his hair and locate a plumber who could come out that day. Of course it happened right during parent/teacher conferences. So he was whiney and a jerk all day. Super negative and kept talking about how he's been having to work non-stop without a break and then getting angry at any piece of news I gave him about the price of the plumber, etc. Of course, I haven't had a break and been with the kids solo 24/7 for this entire time as well. But I didn't throw a fit like a 2-year old. I was the one who had to go get the kids from school (it was a half day) and feed everyone while keeping anyone from using water as it wouldn't drain. Plumber came and fixed it, and I missed 2 conferences because of it, packed up the kids and managed to squeeze in one with a teacher I missed and actually make the very last one. I have one today now as well. I came home and scrubbed all the bathrooms and mopped all the floors, and then still did homework with the kids, made dinner, prepped meals for tomorrow, bathed the kiddos and even fixed the screen door that had been knocked off its track. But of course my hubby still can only fixate on how rough things are for him.
I get he's stressed and I'm sure he'll get over it, but we'll definitely be having a talk about how completely unappreciative he's been of me or his kids the past couple of weeks. He's done with school and it's time to step up a bit as a husband and father and he's been doing the exact opposite. Guess I'm still pissed at him a bit.

Anyway, sorry for the long novel. It was a frustrating day and my normal people I vent to are all on vacations or working massive projects and can't really talk. Skipped my long run today and will do it tomorrow as I was up so late getting the house to stop smelling like sewage. I'm going to swim this morning and make a quick grocery run. Rest of the day is kind of mine to finally have some me-time and maybe some quality time with the kiddos too.

Have a great day everyone!