1) Let me just get right down to brass tacks. Basically it's a grave mistake to leave me alone with any amount of candy, so living with 3+ baskets of candy in this house ever since Sunday has been a special kind of hell. The only chance I have at a normal life is to eradicate the candy by slowly (well, mostly slowly) eating my way through it. It's the only way. Yet it's Friday now and there is sooooo much candy left. I'm starting to feel hopeless.
2)I have the flu. Again. I think? Maybe it never left. I will not bore you with all the details, but basically, I AM SOOOOO TIRED. Crazy tired. And my wrists hurt. Why, wrists? Why do you hurt? You don't even play tennis. Or is that the elbow that's suppossed to hurt with tennis? Who cares.
3) Can I just tell you? I put the baby in her swing so that I could write this post and it's the first time today that she's actually been happy and the swing batteries died. Sometimes I just want to scream. Sometimes I do scream. Sorry, neighbors.
4) I wish this thing was called "3 Quick Takes". I don't even have 7 things to talk about.
5) You know what else is driving me nuts? Let me answer that for you.
I tell the kids "Okay you can pick out one piece of candy." They cheer loudly. "YAY! YAY! YAAAAAAY!!" Then they crowd around me and ask the following questions:
"Can I have this one and this one?"
Me: "No because that's two pieces of candy. You may have one piece."
Kid: (mouth full of candy) "Can I have anudder one?"
Me: "NO. You had a piece."
Kid: (chewing) "But I want anudder one."
Me: "Well you only get one."
Kid: "But? I want one more."
Me: "One more is two. You only get one."
Kid: :"But I - "
Me: "NO!!!! MYANSWERISNO!!!OK?! ISAIDNOOO!!!!"
Kid: "I -"
Me: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Kid walks calmly into other room to play.
**********two glorious half minutes of silence************
Kid: (appears out of freaking thin air) "Mom? Can I have ..one more?"
I feel like an angry candy librarian.
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7) Oh! I just thought of one semi cool thing to talk about! We're trying to figure out a place to go for a family vacation!!! woohoo! Any ideas?
Go see Jen and the ladies!!!:)
Plug-in swings were invented by God. No dead batteries ever! The only reason battery-powered swings exist is to keep the makers of D-batteries in business, because NOTHING else uses them!!!
ReplyDeleteI need me one of those plug in swings then!!!!!
DeleteUgh, I get the constant asking for candy too...two year olds are especially good at that. It is like they are trying to wear you down, looking for your weak points, seeing if you will cave. NOOOO!
ReplyDeleteI have been feeling slightly ill all week too. I can only blame the candy I have eaten though (and lack of proper nutrition due to mostly eating said candy).
:)
Yes. It's such a revolving door. Maybe it's wasn't just the flu!!!
DeleteI was forced to eat all the jelly beans on Monday to keep the two year old from scaling tippy furniture to get to the bowl... I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteTaking one for the team, there, eh Susannah? hahaha That's what I tell myself whenever I eat another peanut butter cup;)
DeleteI pretty much let them have the majority of the candy in the first week....less for me to eat....gets it out of their system....win, win......and make them run around the block alot, too.
ReplyDeleteThat's because you are a wise woman. Teach me your ways!!:)
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