Friday, 26 June 2009
michael jackson
I was going to write about my 19 hours without the children but I just found out that Michael Jackson has died. I am in shock. I will write later
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
alone at last
today the kids are both spending the night at a friends house. D is out of town. It will be the first time in over 11 years that I have been alone overnight. I have 19 hours until I have to be responsible. Sewing class at 9:30. I am about to finish T's curtains.
What do I do for 19 hours. I was supposed to be in London until late tonight which is why the kids are spending the night away but plans have been scrapped. I told one parent I wasn't going to London and if needed T could sleep at home. He was allright with the school night sleepover. I didn't tell H's sleepover mom cause she'll probably hand H back to me and I really want a night by myself.
No picking up the kids, making dinner and eating at 5:30, no putting them to bed, putting them back in bed, putting them back in bed, screaming at them, "GO TO BED!" No sleeping with the bathroom light on "Gods Flashlight " mode cause H is afraid of the dark.
No waking up early to make packed lunchs that they will complain about. "I don't like pita bread anymore. How come I don't have pita bread anymore I love it. There is too much butter on the bread,There is not enough butter on the bread. No ham I am a vegetarian now. I want a school lunch today ,all my friends have school lunches. I hate school lunches all my friends have packed lunches ."
No waking them up. No making sure they are awake, no making sure that this time they are actually awake, no pulling the bed covers off and threatening to take tv and computer away if they don't get downstairs dressed by 8am. No "brush your teeth, " no "let me smell your breath," no "but did you use the toothbrush? Let me check."
No checking H's hair for headlice cause it has been in this house on and off for 3 months and I am sick and tired of washing EVERYTHING on the "you can also melt steel " temperature of the washing machine and dryer. No braiding Hs hair and putting it on top of her head because I told her if she comes home with head lice again I will cut her hair OFF!
No rushing to get out of the house cause we will be late for school because of traffic. No morning traffic. No fighting in the car because T keeps flicking H on the head with a pencil and repeating everything she says in a Yoda voice. No driving backward for a block because some parent is coming the opposite way from dropping off their child at school and has just entered the road I am on but instead of backing up 4 feet they refuse and because we are almost but not late I don't have time to prove a point and wait until the parent backs up, I have to back up a block. No getting them to school and reminding them to bring home their PE kits , their trainers, and their lunch boxes.Or they have school lunch and don't forget drink some water today.
I don't have to do any of that. so much free time. not sure what I will do.
Want to tidy up the clothes that H has thrown all over her floor. Fold the 6 loads of laundry that are piling up on my floor. i put them on my bed to fold, forget? about them . at bed time time I think AAAAARGH. Put them on the floor. In the morning I put them on my bed so I won't forget to fold them, add another clean load, at night I think AAAAAAAAARGH. Put them on the floor and the next morning the whole process starts all over again. So I need to fold the laundry.
I want to empty the dishwasher but as I haven't ever really had or used one before I tend to forget about it until I wonder where all the dishes have gone. I want to fill out some forms for child benifit that I have been meaning to do for a year, but probably won't.
I want to read the book my sister gave me in December. I want to paint the bathroom but have no paint cause the color I chose isn't in the bathroom paint range.
Most likely I will do the bare minimum because I finally have a day to myself and I don't want to spend it doing chores. The only thing I have to do is a headlice treatment. I have the dreaded bastards AGAIN and the lotion has to be on for 8 hours, usually overnight but if I wait till bed time I will be crazy. My head is so itchy I won't be able to enjoy my lazy self centered day watching tv, reading and napping.
Hold on a sec, phone's ringing.
H's sleepover parent just called. She's thrown up.@Must have the stomache flu' mom said. 'Couldn't have anything to do with copious amounts of popcorn and candy you let her ingest. The food you call dinner.' I thought but didn't say. You know my grand plans? Never mind.I have to go get her now.
Maybe I don't need a night away from my kids,maybe I just need to fantasize about it.
hahahahahahahaha. That was funny.
What do I do for 19 hours. I was supposed to be in London until late tonight which is why the kids are spending the night away but plans have been scrapped. I told one parent I wasn't going to London and if needed T could sleep at home. He was allright with the school night sleepover. I didn't tell H's sleepover mom cause she'll probably hand H back to me and I really want a night by myself.
No picking up the kids, making dinner and eating at 5:30, no putting them to bed, putting them back in bed, putting them back in bed, screaming at them, "GO TO BED!" No sleeping with the bathroom light on "Gods Flashlight " mode cause H is afraid of the dark.
No waking up early to make packed lunchs that they will complain about. "I don't like pita bread anymore. How come I don't have pita bread anymore I love it. There is too much butter on the bread,There is not enough butter on the bread. No ham I am a vegetarian now. I want a school lunch today ,all my friends have school lunches. I hate school lunches all my friends have packed lunches ."
No waking them up. No making sure they are awake, no making sure that this time they are actually awake, no pulling the bed covers off and threatening to take tv and computer away if they don't get downstairs dressed by 8am. No "brush your teeth, " no "let me smell your breath," no "but did you use the toothbrush? Let me check."
No checking H's hair for headlice cause it has been in this house on and off for 3 months and I am sick and tired of washing EVERYTHING on the "you can also melt steel " temperature of the washing machine and dryer. No braiding Hs hair and putting it on top of her head because I told her if she comes home with head lice again I will cut her hair OFF!
No rushing to get out of the house cause we will be late for school because of traffic. No morning traffic. No fighting in the car because T keeps flicking H on the head with a pencil and repeating everything she says in a Yoda voice. No driving backward for a block because some parent is coming the opposite way from dropping off their child at school and has just entered the road I am on but instead of backing up 4 feet they refuse and because we are almost but not late I don't have time to prove a point and wait until the parent backs up, I have to back up a block. No getting them to school and reminding them to bring home their PE kits , their trainers, and their lunch boxes.Or they have school lunch and don't forget drink some water today.
I don't have to do any of that. so much free time. not sure what I will do.
Want to tidy up the clothes that H has thrown all over her floor. Fold the 6 loads of laundry that are piling up on my floor. i put them on my bed to fold, forget? about them . at bed time time I think AAAAARGH. Put them on the floor. In the morning I put them on my bed so I won't forget to fold them, add another clean load, at night I think AAAAAAAAARGH. Put them on the floor and the next morning the whole process starts all over again. So I need to fold the laundry.
I want to empty the dishwasher but as I haven't ever really had or used one before I tend to forget about it until I wonder where all the dishes have gone. I want to fill out some forms for child benifit that I have been meaning to do for a year, but probably won't.
I want to read the book my sister gave me in December. I want to paint the bathroom but have no paint cause the color I chose isn't in the bathroom paint range.
Most likely I will do the bare minimum because I finally have a day to myself and I don't want to spend it doing chores. The only thing I have to do is a headlice treatment. I have the dreaded bastards AGAIN and the lotion has to be on for 8 hours, usually overnight but if I wait till bed time I will be crazy. My head is so itchy I won't be able to enjoy my lazy self centered day watching tv, reading and napping.
Hold on a sec, phone's ringing.
H's sleepover parent just called. She's thrown up.@Must have the stomache flu' mom said. 'Couldn't have anything to do with copious amounts of popcorn and candy you let her ingest. The food you call dinner.' I thought but didn't say. You know my grand plans? Never mind.I have to go get her now.
Maybe I don't need a night away from my kids,maybe I just need to fantasize about it.
hahahahahahahaha. That was funny.
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