So, this morning we were flying through the morning routine without so much as a frown. I decided that it was most likely due to my amazing parenting abilities (yeah right--pure luck). I made the horrible mistake of thinking to myself that we might actually make it out the door without a major breakdown. Well, we did make it out of the door and about 10 feet. That is where the problem occurred. There it was. The big black hole of good and decent behavior. And it was locked!!! When the magical door opened, the sucking began. Good behavior was sucked out of my previously angelic children, and then they sucked. Really!! Sorry for the language, but that is the only word that fits what happened next. A huge fight on the order of WWIII occurred over who was going to get into the van first. You see, the first person would proceed directly to the back seat leaving the middle row seat for the second person (primo seating). So instead of having two kids sitting in the back, like they are supposed to, they decided to fight and kick and scream and scratch and hit.....we ALMOST made it!
Not to leave my oldest out of all of the wonderful stories, (can you sense the sarcasm?) we went to her first band concert tonight. It was wonderful! She played in concert band as well as jazz band, which was surprisingly great. They played this nice little swing number that sounded contest ready after only a few weeks of practice. Well, following the concert I made a huge mistake of telling her how great she sounded. How could I? The nerve of me! She through me such an attitude, I blew it off as she doesn't really like to be fussed over. Then I made mistake #2 of the night, I told her where we had parked the car. I know, get DHS on the phone, practically abusive! Only a monster would tell her child, who wasn't wearing a winter coat on a December evening, where to find the car. Well, tomorrow is a new day and I still have hopes that things will improve--they have to, right? Right?? Please tell me it's true!!!
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