Well, I survived Christmas without breaking down in tears or swearing at anyone. The kids actually slept in until nearly 8:00! They opened their stocking stuffers, had a bowl of cereal and then got serious about opening their other gifts from under the tree. They genuinely seemed to like everything that was purchased for them. Thankfully they did not notice that Mommy had no gifts to open. That would have been really uncomfortable. Thank you for being so egocentric at this age kids! This was one time I do appreciate that quality. After gifts were opened and being played with, I made dinner AND lunch. Go me! After lunch the kids both actually lay down and slept for a bit (Mommy too). No movies for us since we did take naps. After naps they played some more and Skyped with my parents (who were out at my sister's house for the holiday this year). They played some more, had dinner, watched a video and went to bed for the night. I really wanted to crack open a bottle of wine for myself, but I've still got this damn head cold. Last thing I need is for it to get worse. I'm hoping to be better by NYE so I can maybe knock back a few that night. No plans yet, but the soon-to-be-ex has his "party bus" plans. Go him. My MIL is willing to come over to babysit. Now I just need to figure out something to do and somewhere to go so I don't feel even more lame than I already to. Sitting home while STBX (soon-to-be-ex) is out on a party bus whooping it up just seems pathetic. I mean, the kids will be in bed by 8:00 so that leaves me too many hours to contemplate just how pathetic I really am. Their normal bedtime during school is 7:00, so pushing it until 8 can be tough unless I want some super-whiny and crabby kids to deal with. No thanks.
Wow, was I rambling on and on today...
Just looked at the clock. Time to get a move on. Going to meet up at the community center with kids and STBX to take them swimming. Hoping that will inspire them to take naps this afternoon again. I could use one myself...
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