I woke up perfectly happy this morning.
And after Scout not wanting his hand to touch Navy’s hand, Pippi making Dash cry, Navy stuffing everything she owned under her bed, Dash jumping on Scout’s back which caused a raucous…and about eight other things, I had HAD IT! Then after getting everyone ready for church, and getting in the car to arguing and fighting kids, I had HAD IT! Then as I tried to lighten the mood with “car school”, and everyone fought over who got to pick the subject, and then the olders would answer the littles out loud to make them mad, I had HAD IT!
So I declared on 1-07-2019 at 12:45 pm, “Kids…Today I quit!”
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Like usual, I had a much softer heart when I was getting out of church, so I got in the car with a new found determination. But the arguing and fighting on the way home got me right back to quitting status. So I pulled into the driveway, let them out, then drove off to listen to Dr. Laura in a parking lot for a few hours. Again, I was renewed. I was driving back home when I called my mom. She was laughing about my hard day, and said, “Well….I have to be honest…I don’t think the kids miss you that much. They are having a good old time in the next room!”
I quit again, and drove down to Megan’s house for the rest of the day.
It was amazing how welcomed I was at Megan’s. They had a hot dinner for me, they raved about me as a mother, they laughed at my frustrations, and they let me stay until 10pm. It was perfect. On my way back, I was so excited that everyone would be asleep, so I could sneak in and go to bed myself.
This day just needed to be over!
And this is what I came home to…
A perfectly cleaned house.
All of the laundry done and put away.
Four sleeping kids, and a sleeping husband.
And:
Love notes all over the place!
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I declare I am reinstated as of 1-07-2019 at 10:45 pm.
I’ll have to admit…those 10 mom free hours were quite refreshing.
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