Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Creeping Uglies


If someone were to take a picture of me today (heaven forbid), I think there would be a little cloud over my head and my own personal storm. I have no idea why.

The day has gone reasonably well. I've had no less sleep than usual (which isn't to say I got a lot of sleep, of course). Maybe it's because I'm slowly cutting back on coffee - eliminating that silly afternoon cup that had snuck back into my routine after a 10-year absence.

For whatever reason, late this afternoon the Creeping Uglies(TM) came over to hang out. All this means is that I am not as well equipped to handle the Suppertime Nasties(TM) - you know, when everyone is crabby and hungry - with my usual grace, charm and wit. HA! I use the word "handle" loosely, of course.

Things that usually don't bother me much are suddenly quite annoying, such as:

* Boychild's 20 questions about something inane

* Boychild's habit of not actually looking for something before assuming I, through some sort of telepathy, know where he dropped it ("It's at your feet, Boy!")

* Girlchild squirming all over me while I try to help Boychild with his homework

* Girlchild shouting "Mine!" in that special two-year-old way


It's all the usual stuff and it comes with a routine set of responses (some good, some not so good), but without that usual stock of patience I am just at a loss. Sigh. I betcha it has to do with the coffee.

2 comments:

Heather said...

Love the clipart thingie :) Did you draw that yourself?

Andrea Frazer said...

Girl, I'm right there with you.

To make you feel better, though, I gave you a little linky love over at Babycenter. I think this link will work. If not, go to Momformation. It will be in the first or second post, and it's called "It's beginning to look a lot like tannnntruuums".

http://blogs.parentcenter.babycenter.com/momformation/2007/11/28/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-liketaaaantruuuuums/#more-1234