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May 2016 Moms
LadySamLady
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FFFC 1/22/16
LadySamLady
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Let's hear those confessions!
Re: FFFC 1/22/16
I made a hot chocolate, took a bath, and reread some of Tina Fey's Bossypants for about 30 minutes last night. My toddler was still up, but I left her in the care and custody of my husband. Mommy needed some time.
Tina Fey is everything.
1. I LOVE Old Navy! I placed an online order for a gorgeous red wrap dress because our pastor had requested that we wear red for his last Sunday (1/31). Of course, being a procrastinator and overly frugal, I chose the free shipping option...which would mean that the dress would get to me at the earliest by February 5th. D'oh! I called immediately and they fixed it no problem! They even applied the promo code I had used and everything. So now my beautiful red dress will arrive early next week. Phew!
2. I have a huge project due at work and have been dragging my feet. Now I am staring the deadline in the face and am completely at a loss. Ugh. The only saving grace is that my nurse leader is at a state-wide meeting all day so if I don't get it in until Monday, I might be able to get away with it.
3. I kicked MH out of bed last night because his cheeseburger gas was making me gag. This is completely ignoring the fact that my pregnancy farts are the stuff of legend and he puts up with them without a single complaint.
4. I legit peed myself at choir rehearsal last night. And no, I don't mean a snizzle or a drizzle. I mean a full on stream. We were singing a rousing gospel song with choreography (basically a step-touch-clap, nothing too involved) and since we are the Frozen Chosen of the North and complete WASPs, it was pretty hilarious! Our choir has less rhythm than a sloth in slow-motion! So between the dancing around and the laughing hysterically as my BFF and I attempted to teach these old stodgy New Englanders how to have soul, Baby Luna decided that was a perfect time to jump full force on my bladder and the flood gates opened. I had to strip from the waist down and wear a choir robe for the rest of rehearsal.
5. I completely steamrolled another member of the choir because I wanted my BFF to sing the duet with me instead of the other chick. I feel a little guilty, but not as much as I probably should.
The boy I babysit is mean to ds2 alot. It's the whole "I'm bigger so I make the rules complex". He spends alot of time on the steps for it (aka time out). Well today, I told him "one of these days, p is going to whoop you, and I'm going to let him do it." He rolled his eyes at me, of course, and proceeded go rip the toy hammer out of ds2's hands. Ds2 got PISSED. He screamed, reached over, ripped the hammer away from him and whacked the boy in the head with it.
Boy wanted sympathy. Instead I said I told you so (he didn't even have a mark from it, was just mad).
I'm a proud mom that my son finally stood up to him on his own. I shouldn't condone the behavior, but after 6 months of just putting up with it, I'm proud of him.
@js8812 right? Words are my #1 way of teaching them to handle things. He's only 1, words are more like sounds still. So I use words for him alot. Then the timeout. I'm just so glad he finally stood up for himself. It's almost like hearing me say I was going to let him whoop the boy gave him the permission he needed to stand up for himself! He's never hit anyone before (and at 1 that's impressive) so I don't see it becoming an ongoing issue, but I'm just beaming with pride knowing he can and will stand up for himself if he needs to!
2. My husband surprised me this morning with two pints of Ben & Jerry's. They will not last the weekend. They may not last the day.
(Oh the way we rationalize-lol)
This was probably a bad idea and Baby is going to hate me for it, but there's nothing I can do about it now
Also, my packed lunch was spaghetti and sauce, so I can't eat it in the car on my way to my next thing.
I'm already a bad mom, starving her son. Ugh. I deserve all the flames.
"You screwed up."
Well, I had to leave a little early today because of the snowstorm, and just didn't have the time to reverse that charge. And don't ya know, I may not be able to get into work the next few days, and I'll probably have a ton of backed up work to do, may not have the time to reverse it until next week......
No need for her to be so rude. No one said anything about charging a particular card, and it was a $35 charge. Not like I just maxed out her card.
So last night I had enough. I tried doing it nicely and she ended up flinging her milk all over me, the couch, and the floor. I made her sit in time out until she let me do her drops without fighting her. She sat there for an HOUR and I ended up having to pretend I was going upstairs and going to bed before she finally gave in. She did finally give in, but DH is saying I was too mean and now I feel like a horrible person!
I know, I know. People always argue with me that drinking and major overeating can be just as detrimental to your health but I stil can't deal. Most people in my experience who smoke, don't have a cigarette or two a day and then hold off until another time. am I on my own here?
ETA: To clarify, do whatever the heck you want to your body, but once it starts impacting innocent bystanders (especially children) be ready for a Mama Bear smackdown!
ETA: DH just called to say that his best friend got back from Afghanistan a couple of days ago (he's a pilot for a military contractor)...and he's flying into town this evening for work and is going to stay with us for the weekend. Our house is a complete disaster where we have been cleaning out our home office to turn it into the nursery. There are boxes and storage bins stacked everywhere, about 5+ baskets of laundry to be folded in various rooms of the house, and I have been sleeping in the guest room for the past couple of weeks since my giant stack of pillows takes up the whole bed. His friend's flight gets in at 6:30, and I won't even be home from work until about 6'ish, DH later.
I'm mad that now I'm probably not going to get much done on the nursery/house this weekend with him here, and our nursery furniture is being delivered next week. We haven't even painted the room yet! I mean, I love the guy to death, but he does this to us all the time! Just shows up without any notice. I should feel bad for being so pissed because we haven't seen him in over a year, but right now I'm mad. I guess he's just going to have to deal with the mess.
You're just trying to give her what she needs to get better. You're not mean, sometimes parenting isn't as pretty as we would like it to be but at the end of the day you're only trying to help her. Big hugs!
Eta: autocorrect is the worst