Screw Today
Terrible day so far. Just terrible.
This weekend is opening weekend for AAA baseball (Kid #1) and I were stoked that it was going to be 75 and sunny. Seemed like a perfect day at first.
I misjudged my ability to parent today. The kids hate watching each other in sports, but I thought maybe I could occupy them with snacks for an hour or two. Yeah, right.
Kid #4 has just woken up from his car ride nap and looks at me like "Fuck you." I hate car naps. They're never long enough and it makes kids even crazier than usual. We walked over to the bleachers and found a nice shaded spot. This does not please The Crybaby and he slaps my sunglasses off my face.
Then the crying starts. Yes, I became THAT mom. The one that is desperately trying to shut up her whiny brat while everyone else in earshot wishes her dead. I tried every trick in the book. Toys, food, drinks, nursing, walking around, bouncing up and down, silly faces, rubbing the back, seriously everything I could think of. Did he let up? Not a chance.
After two innings, we had to go. The Crybaby tried running away and towards traffic no less and I just couldn't do it anymore. Not without a stiff drink or some sort of anti-psychotic medication. It just wasn't happening.
I thought for sure on the ride home that he would chill out and fall asleep. Nope. He screamed the entire 30 minutes. At the top of his lungs. Like he wanted to kill himself. It was terrible. Just terrible.
It really made me question my parenting and my sanity. Definitely not a good day.
Posted in: SILVER LINING- OUR TEAM WON on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at at 11:57 AM
