Bodhi woke up at 5:30 this morning.
I should have gone back to bed.
What else is new? He usually wakes up at the crack ass of dawn. I swear he is delusional and thinks he is a rooster. Morning started off as usual. Desmina woke up crying because her Daddy forgot to say bye to her. I reminded her that he did say bye and gave her a special kiss. She was too deep in sleep (too bad I wasn't there too) to remember.
I should have gone back to bed.
I thought that we could use the left over pancake batter from lunch the other day (which was a disaster). Open the fridge. Kids come clawing to the refrigerator. You know I don't feed them. Not at all. Condiments are dropping. Desmina being my special helper, puts them back. Chocolate sauce is opened and upside down and dripping to the floor. Bodhi turbo crawls to the puddle and start lapping at the floor. Gosh! I should feed the poor boy more often.
I should have gone back to bed.
Hmmm...there isn't enough batter for pancakes for all of us. I'll throw some waffles in the toaster oven. How come the toaster light has suddenly turned off? That's right, we live in an old house and can't run two things at once! I have to go downstairs and figure out which fuse box is mine.
Should have gone back to bed.
Knock, knock. It's my neighbor asking me if I can watch Kalie and Sam because their dad told her that it was inconvenient for him to take his own children. Nana had an appointment that she had to go to, which she warned them in advanced that she had to leave early. Of course I said, "Sure."
Should have gone back to bed.
Desmina is trying to be sweet, but Kalie keeps yelling at her. Those that know Desmina, knows that she is a viper. She can strike quickly. Luckily we get through the afternoon with no serious incidence on Desmina's end. Kalie, however, is a different story.
You know it's bad when it takes two grown adults to change her pants. Kalie refused to go potty for me or Carlos. After pleading with her, bribing her, threatening to tell her mommy I realized that the girl wasn't going to go. I had to take her by force. It is obvious the girl has to go and she is fighting to keep it in until Nana comes back home. Kalie is desperately holding on to her crotch and doing a little jig. The hand goes to her butt. I have to go take her to the bathroom NOW with her kicking and screaming. Too late. I have to pry her pants off her and hope that crap doesn't get smeared on her legs. Kalie is still screaming. She runs out of the bathroom. Carlos is able to corral her and as he holds her I attempt to put new pants on the moving target. Kali goes back and forth between the kids tormenting them because she is miserable and you know misery loves company.
Should have gone back to bed.
Dinner is fucked. I attempted to make steamed buns, but they didn't rise. Well, they did partially before getting baked by the toaster oven. I had put the bowl on top of the toaster oven and set it on warm, with the genius idea that they would rise better because it being on top of a warm surface area.
Should have gone back to bed.
Instead we just had steamed balls, (which was quite tasty, I'm just disappointed that it didn't turn out the way I planned) the cabbage, broccoli, carrot and tofu filling and rice. At least my family got to eat. Bodhi throws his plate on the floor. Nothing new there.
Fred and I are in the kitchen talking. All of a sudden I hear a yell. It's Desmina running from the bathroom. I go see what is wrong. Water is creeping from the toilet. Damn toilet! I hate that freaking toilet. The whole bathroom is covered in an inch of water. Disgusting. Nothing I hate more than the bathroom being dirty. Of course there is dirty laundry on the floor which is now saturated with nasty toilet.
Should have gone back to bed.
I need to get out of the house! So we go to Borders. We order our drinks; Desmina has a steamer. I spend my time reading with Desmina or chasing Bodhi; I am enjoying myself. I decide to use my American Express gift cheque. Desmina spends her time picking out a book. When we get to the cashier, they don't take it. Fred thinks the guy is full of crap because the premise of the gift cheque is that they take it wherever they take American Express, which Borders takes AE. No worries. We spent the time picking out a book, we just pay for it. Desmina is occupied. When she realizes that the book is in the bag she starts yelling that she wants to hold the book. We oblige, but she is still yelling. It's escalating. We step aside to let the people behind us pass. As soon as we step outside she shrieks, "I want to say bye!" Fine, Fred takes her inside. She is still yelling. She hits Fred. Fred takes her to the car with her kicking and screaming. Now everything is upsetting her. She wants me to do it. She wants to get in the car herself. She wants to buckle herself. The buckles aren't working.
Should have gone back to bed
I hated to do this to her, but I had to take the book back. I really wanted her to have the book, but there was no way she was going to have the book now. Not with her screaming. Not with her hitting her Daddy. Maybe I should have handled it differently, but I had a long ass day. None of the methods that I have read in my countless books came to my mind.
By the time I came back to the car, Desmina had already calmed down. We talked about her behavior. Desmina even apologized. I know there will be many temper tantrums to come. I just hope that she chooses a better day than today to have t hem. It's just so exhausting! I'm exhausted. I was planning on getting sloshed on cheap wine coolers, but I cannot muster the energy.
I AM going to bed!
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