i apologize for the delay in the blog, but being a pseudo-parent has not allowed me the time to sit down and write out lengthy blogs on a daily basis. that and i have had a lot of studying to do in the past 2 days...
monday morning was our first attempt at getting up for school...and katelynn's first time to wake up at 6am in seriously 8 months. miserable. i was so tired my eyes were burning, but i managed to stumble upstairs and get the kids up without too many complaints. dont worry though, the complaints came when it was time to make breakfast. no one could decide what they wanted, they couldnt get off the couch...it was grand. not only was i trying to get them to pick something for breakfast, i was having to make their school lunches and trying to get them to decide what they wanted to each for lunch that day as well. abby decides she wants peanut butter toast...great. i make peanut butter toast, put it in front of her and she flips out...crust on the sandwich makes her throw up apparently. i looked at her in the eyes and said, no it doesnt, i find that hard to believe. yet i still cut the crust off. parenting...ugh. then chris decided (after seriously half an hour of prodding) that he wanted cereal. easy enough...done and done. oh, but wait, he gets to the table and throws a fit because he doesnt like milk in his cereal. i am sorry...what?? then you arent really eating cereal for breakfast... so i have to dump the cereal out and pour a fresh bowl of dried cereal for him, which he eats about 3 bites of and then throws away. great, not wasteful in this household at all.
i manage to get them both dressed, abby's hair somewhat brushed, their teeth supposedly clean and into the car. then i cant figure out how to release the emergency break off the car. oh good. i dont drive big fancy SUVs so i was completely dumbfounded...luckily after feeling around for a good 5 minutes, i managed to find the lever hidden about where my knees go under the steering wheel. phew. and we are off. drop chris off and then drop abby off, but not before bickering about listening to radio disney on the entire 4 minute drive. i head back towards the house just so happy that it is quiet for a few minutes.
i enjoy XM radio all the way back to my apartment, change clothes and do a few things and then head to my doctors appointment. you know its bad when a trip to the gynecologist seems like a vacation just because you know there wont be school aged children there. this is how exhausted and pathetic i was at this point, i got the doctor a little early and ended up FALLING ASLEEP in their waiting room in their super comfy leather chair. how embarrassing is that?? they woke up me up by calling my name, i wiped the drool from my face and tried to stutter out that i was housesitting/babysitting for the week and had to get up at 6am. yeah...i looked awesome.
all that said and done, get home and relax by the pool for a bit before i have to go get chris from school. i get the kids home and then refer to my 17 page typed instructions to see what is on the agenda for this afternoon...oh good, piano lessons. the mom informed me that she usually just stays and hangs out and listens. lucky me. so, we go to piano, each kid takes their turn and what does katelynn do?? falls asleep on the strangers couch...impressive that i could sleep amidst the horrible plunking on the keys, but like i said, super tired.
guess what happens next?? we get to start the dinner conversation/arguments. yea!! i was so looking forward to another meal time as a family. abby wants to go out, chris wants to eat in...we compromise (i am really good at being a mediator apparently) and i drop the kids off at the house and go pick up food to-go. the drive to the restaurant was so pleasant for me. everyone eats dinner, we have done homework...its almost time for bed. thank goodness. oh wait, chris doesnt have his diabetes testing kit...awesome. i have to call the piano teacher, who isnt home...and then end up driving over there at 9 at night to go pick it up. all the while having abby inform me that chris cant go to bed without testing his sugar. obviously i know this...thanks abby.
speaking of abby, she was starting to feel sick apparently...it sounded like allergies to me, blowing her nose and whatnot, but she was convinced she was coming down with something. she asked me to please check on her and to check her temperature every 15 minutes throughout the night. hahahahahaha....what?? um, no ma'am. how hilarious and ridiculous is that?? i think i assure her she will be fine and that i will check on her AT SOME POINT. we do the reading, we check the sugars, we brush our teeth and get our water and say goodnight to the dogs and find our appropriate stuffed animals and...finally, i am able to walk back downstairs...alone.
i waited it out for half an hour or so, convinced everyone was in bed for good...ran a bath to relax and of course...why dont i learn?? here comes abby knocking on the bathroom door. i dont even know what she wanted because i sent her back upstairs so fast. bath ruined yet again...why do i even bother?? i was so happy to get in bed at like 10 that even when i found the ketchup bottle on the nightstand in the room i was staying, from abby earlier in the day, i wasnt that annoyed, just pushed it aside till the morning and set my alarm for 6:02 and tried to mentally prepare myself for the next day...ugh.
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