Loose my freakin' mind Friday.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Maybe I over react just a tiny bit but man I felt like I would explode today. My nuggets (aka my kids) were their normal sweet loving selves (yes normal includes lots of yelling & fighting). I on the other hand had come to a point were I was having a difficult time remaining patient. I'm not gonna go into all the drama from the day but just know that it happened. Repeatedly.

This morning we had a field trip with Mallory's preschool. Because of various problems we ended up being about 10 minutes late. We quickly jumped in with the group and explored the tiny little Nature Museum. I'm not kidding when I say it was tiny. It was the smallest museum I've ever been too. That really wouldn't have been a problem except for the fact that in addition to our group of 20+ kids and their parents, the museum had four school buses full of kids touring at the same time. It was TIGHT. I think only the parents really noticed the smallness. The kids seemed to be too absorbed in the exhibits to notice. Mitchell and Mallory's favorite part was the butterfly pavilion. It was a beautiful round room mainly constructed of windows. The tour was over relatively quickly, so we headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch on our way home.

Speaking about the drive home. The kids were fighting and screaming in the back, so I called to beg Michael to be home before Scouts. I just didn't think I could take another minute of my little sweet peas. I really needed to have a few hours without any kids to recharge my batteries. I was seriously on the verge of mommy burn out.

It was wonderful when my prince swooped in (just in the nick of time) and took the kids off my hands. YAY!!!! As soon as they were on the road, I got in the car and drove to my favorite Mexican restaurant for chips-n-salsa, quesadilla & a margarita. My meal was wonderful. I even ended up getting sopapilla for dessert. yummmm
While I ate I wondered if anyone felt sorry for me. The lonely woman eating by herself. I felt like jumping up and saying "I am so happy to be eating peacefully alone". It was so nice just to relax. I didn't have to stop any fights or worry about what and if anyone else was eating. *sigh* It was wonderful.

After my meal I considered taking my friend Stacy up on her invitation to go paint pottery with her but I really didn't feel like I was in the painting mood. Then it came to me. I was going to stop by Jess' house. She lives very close to the restaurant and she was really wanting someone to hang out with her. Of course, she really wanted her hubby to hang out with her but since he was being an ass, I decided to keep her company. We drank some wine and bitched about her hubby for a while. I ended up heading home close to midnight because we both had busy days planned for Saturday. It was just what I needed to help me get to better frame of mind.