bad bad bad momy

That's me. The note was left anonymously. We are all greatly perplexed at who could have left it. <dead pan silence>

Thankfully, John took the kids out this evening to give me some much needed quiet. We had a rough day today. I was yelled at in the grocery store by my 6 year old after not letting him open his new fuzzy coloring poster in the car and then making him go grocery shopping instead of being at home coloring his coolest ever dinosaur. And that was just the beginning. Although the kids have been playing really well together since we got here, we are all way too close for too long every day in our apartment. There's nowhere to go to get away from each other even for a little while.

Getting out of the house is great, though. So many things to see and do. And praise the Lord for GPS. I can really understand now how you can fall in love with that sweet voice that just knows the exact moment when you need to change lanes or make a turn. It's like she can read your mind, man. And, it seems as though the trees actually waited for us to get here before putting on their Autumn attire. Everything is just beginning to take on this amazing glow. Tomorrow, I think we'll drive out and get some pictures and press some leaves. Having grown up in the piney woods of Southeast Texas,  I've really missed being surrounded by trees. After living 4 years in the razed and paved suburbs of Austin with no single tree above 6 feet tall and then another 6 years in the Valley where the palm tree is the only thing providing a little shade, I could never, ever again take the trees for granted.

 

Ahh, the quiet. I can hear digital cable calling with her sweet seductive voice. But first, a hot bath, a fistful of pilfered Halloween candy, and the most comfortable spot on the couch all to myself.

Comments

[deb trotter]

Bad, Bad Mommy indeed. When I think of all the times I made my son mad (we won't discuss the times he made ME mad), there isn't a book large enough to complete the list! LOL I am so glad you are home now in the land of trees. They are wonderful, aren't they? (I have almost forgotten about trees).
Glad you are settling in and getting a wee bit of time to yourself.

Deb

[Debra]

Ohh the trees yes!! They make you feel alive don't they!! Then again, kids also do ha!! I'm sure I was perfect when I was that age ha ha!!
All the best for settling in very soon!

[Jennifer]

It's tough to live through, no question, but the honest truth is that being the mommy that you need to be sometimes (the one who says "no!," the one who even yells sometimes, the one who makes people go to the grocery store) means that you're doing your job. It is inevitable that when you are being the parent, and not the bestest little friend all the time, your kids will not like it. But that IS part of the gig. So, deep sigh, carry on knowing that bad mommy is a part of the very BEST mommy there ever could be.

[Leah]

I agree with Jennifer! Though I do not have children myself, I always give mental kudos to the moms who stand up to the kids who demand, scream & cry for things. Good for those of you who do not give in to this very spoiled world!! My mom didn't give in to me, and I now do not take anything for granted! xox