Well, all and all, the day did not go too bad considering we started it off with a massive temper tantrum. Poor Katty, she is having such a hard time with Dan being gone. She has told me several times today she wants daddy to come home now, and I know if she could, she'd give some poor unsuspecting general a piece of her mind, "Listen up Soldier!" She has always had issues with her temper and frustration (I'm not sure where she gets that from), but it gets so much worse when daddy is gone. An hour and a half after it begun, I'm sure she couldn't even remember what she was annoyed about, but at the time she firmly believed she was the victim of a massive injustice. Of course I was the evil master mind intent on the destruction of her happiness. You can imagine how much fun it was. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of witnessing Katherine in action, count yourself among the blessed. I'm sure scenes like this are repeated everyday amongst the wild beasts in the jungle, with no less gory results.
Despite its horrid start, the PD passed rather quickly. Connor and Libby were happy as Larry, as they each had a friend over for much of the day to distract them from their boredom. Surprisingly, I actually managed to get some work done for my store, and had a wonderful conversation with my great friend Cyndi at Yankee Stencils. We spent a couple of hours designing some great new stencils for both of our stores. I can't wait to get them painted. I actually have a fairly large order for the store here in Pembroke to get done for next week, which means tomorrow we'll be making a trip to Home Depot to visit my buddy Elton. I usually avoid taking the kids to the lumber yard if I can help it. In fact, I can say that shooting myself in the knee caps 15 times each would be much more enjoyable, but in this case, it can't be helped. At least I will be busy the next several days so the time will go more quickly.
Katherine is snuggled up with "Teddy Daddy" whom we've decided she should hug whenever she misses daddy. I'm not sure if there is any significance or not, but the teddy bear she choose is Grumpy Bear. Believe it or not, it's after 7:30 pm and she's still awake. Connor and Libby are each in their respective spots, snuggled down with their new fleece blankets from their Sugar Auntie, chilling out and watching t.v. A quiet end to an ordinary day.
"And I say way-hey-hey, it’s just an ordinary day and it’s all your state of mind. At the end of the day, you’ve still got to say, it’s all right."~Doyle/McCann
2 comments:
I think that I could tell anyone who reads you blog, just whom Kattie gets her temper and disposition fom, but having fear for my health, I think I'll refrain. LOL
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers!!....
Edgar W.Howe
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