Yesterday was just one of those days. The kids at school were acting like banshees, Em was being a brat, and E ended up in tears over his homework. Sigh. This is my life, but I think the best depiction of my bad day would have to be when we went to the grocery store as we were running errands after school. We had to get two things for dinner last night. That's it. Two things, fast and simple.
I strategically placed E and Em in the big basket of the cart, so we could rush past the other customers straight to our needed items. Despite the kids' complaints about touching each other, we quickly grabbed the needed ingredients and immediately headed for the check-out. Luckily, there wasn't a line at the self check-out, so we strode right up to the scanner. Unluckily, the self check-out is right next to the movie rental kiosk. Every time we go through the self check-out, E asks to get a video. Yesterday was no exception, and when I answered no, like usual, he started pouting and getting angry. At that point, I just wanted to leave the store as quickly as possible, so we did. I didn't even bag the items; we just headed toward the exit.
We had parked directly across from the cart return, so I pushed the cart over there first and asked the kids to climb out. Of course, this was a long process with many death-defying maneuvers. As soon as E put his foot on the pavement, I looked in the cart and noticed it was empty, completely empty. I accusingly asked E what he did with the groceries, but he looked at me with a blank stare. I briefly glanced around to see if they had fallen but no such luck. I had forgotten the two items at the check-out lane. Come on. I can't even go to the store for TWO things. Sigh.
I piled the kids back into the cart and wheeled them back inside to ask the teenage clerk if he had seen the items. Of course, he looked at me like I was a bit crazy and pointed to the counter where they were. We eventually managed to get home where the brattiness (is that even a word?) and tears continued. I kept trying to think of some reason(s) why everything seemed to go wrong in one day. Today I looked out the window and saw my answer shining down on me. I am just going to blame it all on the full moon, because I know it cannot be me, losing my mind.
I strategically placed E and Em in the big basket of the cart, so we could rush past the other customers straight to our needed items. Despite the kids' complaints about touching each other, we quickly grabbed the needed ingredients and immediately headed for the check-out. Luckily, there wasn't a line at the self check-out, so we strode right up to the scanner. Unluckily, the self check-out is right next to the movie rental kiosk. Every time we go through the self check-out, E asks to get a video. Yesterday was no exception, and when I answered no, like usual, he started pouting and getting angry. At that point, I just wanted to leave the store as quickly as possible, so we did. I didn't even bag the items; we just headed toward the exit.
We had parked directly across from the cart return, so I pushed the cart over there first and asked the kids to climb out. Of course, this was a long process with many death-defying maneuvers. As soon as E put his foot on the pavement, I looked in the cart and noticed it was empty, completely empty. I accusingly asked E what he did with the groceries, but he looked at me with a blank stare. I briefly glanced around to see if they had fallen but no such luck. I had forgotten the two items at the check-out lane. Come on. I can't even go to the store for TWO things. Sigh.
I piled the kids back into the cart and wheeled them back inside to ask the teenage clerk if he had seen the items. Of course, he looked at me like I was a bit crazy and pointed to the counter where they were. We eventually managed to get home where the brattiness (is that even a word?) and tears continued. I kept trying to think of some reason(s) why everything seemed to go wrong in one day. Today I looked out the window and saw my answer shining down on me. I am just going to blame it all on the full moon, because I know it cannot be me, losing my mind.
1 comment:
Alli you are not alone. I have so many days like this. I always think at the end of days like this...tomorrow will be better, it has to.
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