Well first I wrote a huge post that my phone ate, so now I'm in an even worse mood than before.
I drove 6 hours this weekend for my sister's senior recital for less than a day, and I wish my parents had never talked me into it.
1: The only reason I brought M instead of leaving him home was because my grandma wanted to see him for the only time this year. Well my grandma ignored us completely and didn't even say bye. Useless effort on my part.
2: Having a kid on a college campus is freaking hard miserable work. No kid friendly food, no toys, no place for him to nap, nothing but chasing and fighting off tantrums all day.
3: M nearly sabotoged the whole recital. He accidentally bumped my sister's sax off a table and some part got bashed in and punctured a hole in it! Five minutes before the show and my sister couldn't get a single note out of her several thousand dollar instrument. They called in some professor with special tools and managed to reshape the damage enough for her to play, although it wasn't as good and still needs to be professionally repaired. I sure hope insurance covers it or else that is now my bill to pay. Thanks to M her concert started a half hour late and she had to alter some songs to skip the high notes that wouldn't come out.
4: After all my efforts to be there, M started screaming after one song and I missed the recital and kept him in a hallway for two hours. We snuck back in for one loud jazz song out of the set of 8 pieces. To be fair he is one and can't be expected to sit still, but I was told someone could help watch him and that didn't happen.
Meanwhile my H has had a blissful, peaceful weekend with his friends doing whatever the hell he pleases. I am obviously jealous now.
amaranth that sounds shitty. My Extended family never understands why I prefer to just sit at home with dd 2. It's because it's a clusterfuck when we go out. But ya know it's better for her and me to be miserable so that everyone can see us. Taking kids any place is hard when they are young. I guess your dh will have kid duty next weekend while you go treat your self.
My vent is that Dh got a traffic ticket on Friday and he has been in a piss poor mood ever since. I worked yesterday and dragged the kids with me because there was too much tension at home. I didn't go home until I knew he had left for work. W took a nap as soon as we got home. Naps are no good for her because if she naps she stays up all bloody night. DH was home around 10:30. He couldn't understand why I was so tired. DUDE I woke up at 6:00 a.m. it's almost 11:00p.m. and the kids are STILL awake! I made him deal with it. I slept in to day until 8:30 while not ideal, I would have loved to sleep longer. It was still better than getting up at 6:00 a.m. I'm here at work again but at least it's quiet and I don't have to mind the kids.
Dh works at 2 today. I'll be cleaning house kids and getting stuff ready for another full school week tomorrow.
Can you get your H to watch M sometime so you can get a couple hours out of the house to do what you want to do? I would have been pissed about the whole trip as well. I hope you have a much better day today.