This is officially my least favorite holiday.

jenifairies

I'll spare you the long version, but let's just say my DH acted like I was punishing him with DD's bedtime, I've spent 3 whole days chasing my kid around outside, and this is the 3rd night in a row that H is out doing fireworks while I am home so DD can sleep. He also spent way more on fireworks than we agreed on. I am about to take away his friggin debit card. thisclose. I'm covered in bug bites and my allergies are going BSC. DD's cute outfit from today is stained with mud. She ate dirt. I pulled a june bug out of her mouth yesterday. My friend's a-hole husband was talking *** about me because I'm a nag and my poor dh has to help with DD despite his 40 whole hours a week at a govt desk job (read: lots of breaks and minimal work).

I need a girl's weekend. DH needs a daddy/budget bootcamp. I need a drink now.

kirbabe

and a chaser

kirbabe

Damnit, it was supposed to be the other way around. . .how did that happen?

JoyousJulia

Well, I can commiserate. We spent the night of the 3rd at DH's grampa's and I ended up turning in with DS at like 10:30 while DH and his cousins and siblings shot off fireworks. Then on the 4th we were going to go to a fireworks show I was really looking forward to and about 10 minutes after we got there, DS had a MAJOR reaction to the grass pollen and we had to go. I have seen zero fireworks this year. It was a total bust.

southernbelle82

ours was kind of a bust too.  I spent the morning of the 4th in the ER with what we thought was food poisoning.  We were there for 2.5 hours.  Talked with someone whose 68 yr old mom was there for 4 hours with the same symptoms...so we left.  Figured we'd save the $$ and the ER people were grossing me out.  I was sick the whole day and missed going to the pool with my whole family (including Kenley) 

Sorry yours was so rough. 

fIowerchild

Hmmm, yeh. I think the issue is your husband, not the holiday.  Three nights of shooting off fireworks? What is he, 12?

thomas&lynn

I'm sorry last last few days have really really sucked And ewwwww about the bug!

jenifairies

fIowerchild:

Hmmm, yeh. I think the issue is your husband, not the holiday.  Three nights of shooting off fireworks? What is he, 12?

Yeah, that's exactly what I said to him. It just sucks because everything is planned at night, too, and DD is so inflexible. Plus, it's DH's favorite holiday ever so I tried to give him a break kidwise. It was no fun for me though.