Hurray! The kids are out of school! Ummmm.....ya, right...'hurray'. I think I remember a small twinge, maybe tingle, of anticipation for this. Maybe, at some point, there was a slight bit of excitement. It's hard to recall, now that my stressful level is sky high, my nerves are raw and patience is a virtue I like to think I had at one time. My kids have become monsters. Whiny, spoiled, unsatisfied, squabbling demons. I foolishly took 12 days off of work, thinking 'we'll spend time together!', 'it will be such fun!', 'we'll do so many cool things!'. Wow, do I wish I had worked! Don't get me wrong, we did do cool things, we had fun, we spent time together. It seems though, that after so many days of jam packed entertainment, anything else is a let down. Nothing is good enough. No one (me) can just try to have a 'down' day and try to restore my house to some sort of order. No way! What do you mean, we aren't doing anything?! That just won't do! So now I'm stuck with a pack of brats. They roll out of bed with attitude, fight before breakfast and are in time out by 9. Such fun! Even better, we are going through this routine over and over and over. Every day. Please don't think that because we don't have plans that take us out of the house, they truly have nothing to do. We have a huge yard with playset and tons of outdoor toys. Closets, bins and boxes full of toys. Plus 2 computers, 4 iPods, 2 Nintendo DS's, a Wii and a PS3. There are TONS of things to do! Needless to say, I'm over summer holidays! Not truly over the fun and sun part, but over my kids being home all day long! You know the bright point in all this?! The daily drama drives me to drink, and what's better than enjoying fruity boozy smoothies on a hot summer day? Not much! (and after enough, not even the kids seem quite so annoying!)
Who else is LOVING summer?! :)
Smiles, Be well,
Crystal
