Dear Diary, October 23, 2018 Tuesday
If Monday's are manic than Tuesdays are frantic. Elara got a headache today and the school nurse insisted I bring her something to help her go back to class or take her home. So Connor and I loaded up in the car and checked on her. I brought some tylenol in case it was really bad. I think she is just being "wimpy" and misses Dad, or was tired, or just needed some attention or a break from school. Whatever it was probably a small headache she just needed love. It was a joy to see her smile again when I said I would stay with her for lunch. I wish I had more of me to go with each kid every day and spend more one on one time.
So Elara was my wimpy buddy today. We were wimps together. I needed that because Connor isn't a wimp at all! He is just a crazy energetic boy who is so cute you can't help but want to squish him in a hug or pinch his cheek.
Wimpy once again...
The frantic Tuesday usually gets heavy at school pick up on Tuesdays. The kids rush home, do homework or chores and then the running around like chickens with their heads cut off begins. The kids got all their toys back from two week confinement from head lice (ya that happened and this wimp hated it!) The joy on their faces and the stuffed animals strewn throughout the house!
Kael got a ride to soccer. The girls ate dinner and then I dropped them off at gymnastics while I ran to get Kael and his buddy from soccer. Then we picked up Elara, dropped off friend came home fed Kael. Friend picked up Kael for scouts, and I went and picked up Eden from gymnastics. Frantic right!?! Am I where I need to be and am I going to be late panic. Thankfully there is only one more week like this since soccer ends a week after Saturday! I'm going to miss it though!
Elara got invited to join a more advanced gymnastics class. We are all so excited because that means one less class on a Tuesday! It is going to work out so great and she is learning so quickly!
This will hopefully free up some time in case the kid decide to do a sport in the spring that is on Tuesday and Thursdays.
Frantic and Wimpy. That is how I felt today.
So a funny story for your entertaining pleasure.
We have a Sharice size pirate skeleton Halloween decoration complete with a skeleton bird on it's shoulder. We call him Pirate Pete and the bird is Jack like Jack Sparrow.
Anyway, it is strategically placed in the dining room between walkways. I have told myself he is there a thousand times because D is gone and I scare easily.
D is always trying to scare us in random ways. Hide in a closet and jump out. Lye on the floor next to the bathroom and wait for you to come out. Put Nicholas Cage pictures on the toilet lid and cupboards for April Fools. Things like that. So, Pirate Pete is up his alley. He moved him all over the house before he left and scared me to death.
Back to the story. So because of his location I am always so careful walking into the dining room to remind myself "Pirate Pete is watching out for you don't be a WIMP!" And I handle it really well.
Well, tonight after turning off all the lights and all the kids are in bed I walk from the kitchen to the dining room (the opposite direction of how I prepare myself to see Pirate Pete). My guard was down. Oh it was so down to past the floor. I saw something in the corner of my eye! I walked around the corner and BAM $##%%#!!!!! Pirate Pete staring at me in the face! My cortisol levels instantly kicked into fight or flight mode and I'm not a fighter but a lover to flight was my option turns out! My heart instantly went to about a 1000 beats a minute. Wanted to scream bloody murder but the kids were in bed and somehow I kept my mouth shut, but I think that made my heart pound faster...
After grabbing my heart to hold it in my chest I tried to laugh, but seriously couldn't. STUPID PIRATE PETE! Then, I tell myself he is just watching out for you while D is gone. And repeat that to myself 100 times because the kids love him so much I can't take him down before Halloween, but man I have now thought about taking him down 100 times in the last hour...
Wimpy alone factor just went up to level 10 today. I'm not sure what that means as I haven't made a scale yet, but it's high I tell you, oh so high.
Oh joy, I am living an adventurous life having Pirate Pete around. I like a man with meat on his bones D so Pirate Pete is NOT a good replacement for you...
I miss you.
No kids in my bed tonight for the first night since you've been gone... Maybe that drops my wimpy alone factor to a 9 1/2. I might go grab Kael in a minute and let him in. We shall see.
Thanks for listening diary. I needed it tonight.
Love,
Wimpy Mom
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