I feel like crap.
Yesterday was a bad day. Seriously. The children are lucky they are still living under this roof.
First we had to take the van into the auto shop to get an estimate for repainting over the scratches. The insurance guy was also there so all of it was taken care of at the same time. But the children... How do I properly express how utterly frustrating they were during the 20 minute wait on the paperwork? 20 minutes, Lord, why couldn't they just be good for 20 minutes? I was so livid with their behavior that only Zach got fast food for lunch and I canceled my other errands for fear I would wring their necks.
We planned to see the DC Cherry Blossoms yesterday afternoon with a friend and her 2 delightful children. Greg came home from work early and after a quick 15 minute nap for me on the sofa to recover from the auto shop fiasco, we went to pick them up.
And my kids were absolute brats. On the car ride to and back, they fought and picked on each other and dropped toys and whined about who they were sitting next to and pinched each other and screamed and I swear to God it took everything I had not to pull over and boot them all to the curb.
(The Cherry Blossoms were also a disappointment, I think the peak day may have been Tuesday and then Wednesday there were thunderstorms and wind that probably knocked all the blossoms down.)
This morning I woke up to Ally whining, Emily screaming, and Kyle tearing through the house. And also 4 full bowls of soggy cereal and a mess in the kitchen. (There was one empty bowl in the sink, I'd bet serious money it was Zach's.)
I don't want to be yelling and sending children to their room all day. I want to dye Easter eggs and make our gingerbread Easter house. Why are they acting this way? I'm too tired and sick to do all that preemptive crap (you know, where you are super positive and head off fights with distractions and so on). I want and expect the kids to behave and not act like wild animals and I shouldn't have to try to keep them in good moods.
Did I mention I feel like crap? Easter is going to suck this year.
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