Sometimes when you pray for blogging material….you should be more specific.
The following wasn’t quite what I had in mind….
The Tale of Yesterday
or
Why There Was No Blog Post Yesterday:
or
Why There Was No Blog Post Yesterday:
Okay, so yes…we’ve established I shop at Walmart sometimes…
I used to think I was one of the classier ones there, just looking for a good deal.
But as it turns out, I guess I really do belong there.
As do my children for sure.
I should tell you before I begin, that Chloe is 2 and a half, and she has just figured that out.
You know, that she’s two, and that maybe it’s time to act like it once in awhile.
Only, MOST of the time she is happy, completely chill and totally easy peasy.
But then…oh my…it’s like she’ll suddenly remember it’s been awhile,
(usually happens in Walmart….hmmm, maybe she’s trying to tell me something….),
and then she’ll decide to do this:
{i like to call these videos…BIRTH CONTROL!}
{I only share that video, not to “expose” my children…but to let you know that your kids are in good company.}
Mmm hmmm, yup folks. That’s my sweet daughter.
And yes, they are surrounded by pillow pets borrowed from the shelves of Walmart, and yes I do put them back before we leave.
{judge not lest ye be judged!}
And if you think this is embarrassing, you should have seen how I looked. Not cute guys, not cute.
After this particular taping (there were two total) we then ran into Taylors piano teacher.
{of course}
Who took one look at our getup and then promptly offered to take a picture of the three of us for www.peopleofwalmart.com.
{she’s actually a friend, so we were laughing…smile through the pain!}
This all happened of course just hours AFTER Chloe pooped a weeks worth in the bath AND followed that with another day of refusing to take a nap.
Going on two weeks of that ish.
Going on two weeks of that ish.
{hard to tell she’s tired from that video i know.}
And then, do me a favor.
Play that video over and over for, mmm, about 2 hours….and then you’ll get a taste of what it was like until she went to bed.
So that was fun.
After Jimmy got home (late, but who was looking at the clock?) I rocked back and forth in a dark room until I felt strong enough to come back out and help get them to bed.
To bed they went…and rather than wine or chocolate, I found comfort in the three tums I consumed because who knew two kids could cause heartburn**?!?
Later as I started to feel relaxed and calm and ready to get some good sleep after a dose of melatonin, I went to do my nightly check on the kids….
only to discover a major Pull Up FAIL in Taylor’s bed just 2 HOURS after he went to sleep.
{I’ll delete this post before he starts dating….maybe.}
You do NOT want to see that child woken up from a dead sleep, and apparently, you don’t want to ask him to put his pull up in the trash, because then you will basically see something like this:
{vintage taylor tantrum, but still gives you the idea of what went down tonight}
So, all in all, a day.
Not necessarily fun so much, but a day nonetheless.
Like I said, be careful what you wish for when asking God for some good blogging material.
Or…don’t shop at Walmart.
Or….maybe I should have never facebooked that everyone was asleep by 7:30 the night before.
My bad.
What a year of life lessons this is turning out to be….
=)
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**EDITED TO ADD**
So I wrote this last night around midnight (about my day yesterday) while still working through the “heartburn.”
That heartburn?
Turned out to be a gallbladder attack that landed me in the emergency room at 3 am.
Turns out I have MULTIPLE gall stones….and will likely need surgery.
But at least I’m home now, and today will be better, because the Vicodin promises so. =)
And you know, God works in mysterious ways…
He must have known that I needed a break, and what better than a nice nap during surgery and a hospital stay that includes nurses and drugs?
© 2011 “Le Musings of Moi”
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