Today is Friday

Alright. I'm venting and hosting a big pitty party here. Read at your own risk, because I'm about to spew some bad vibes . . .

I was so glad to wake up this morning knowing it was Friday!! Whoo Hoo. Single parenthood ends tonight when AJ gets home. But then there were complications.

• Lucas refused to get dressed for preschool. He claimed to be too sick when in reality he felt fine.
• Lucas refused to get on the bus. (I don't know why he hates preschool so suddenly, he used to LOVE it.)
• I drive Lucas to preschool - 7:45 am. Still hadn't brushed my teeth, felt kinda yucky.
  
• The lady at the gate to the school tells me I need a badge which I had left in the other car.
• The lady at the front desk was really rude when I interrupted her very important gossip session with her coworkers to ask for a visitor pass.
• Lucas' teacher snapped at me for opening her classroom door 5 minutes before the start of class. All I wanted to do was ask her about Lucas' new aversion to school! At this point I nearly started crying. After she stopped telling me that she had 5 minutes still before school started, I told her I had a quick question. She was much nicer after she knew I was concerned about Lucas.
• Nick screams at me for the 20 minute drive to the post office. I needed to do some work for my Aunt and Nick was super pissed off about being in the car seat. You'd think he'd be over this by now.
  
• I get really flustered and stressed while driving because I can't get Nick to SHUT UP.
• Finally get the work done at the post office and bank - 20 minute drive back.
  
• Have a meeting with some ladies from my Moms group about Nominations coming up.
• Leave to get Lucas from Preschool.
• I'm 3-4 minutes late and Lucas is standing in the classroom about to cry because he thought I wasn't coming.
• Mommy guilt - big time. I'm still worried about my little man not liking school.
  
• Go to Burger King play area to make it up to him.
• As we arrive a kid Lucas' age is there and he smiles at me with a mouth full of silver teeth.
  
• Next thing I know Nick is screaming because the kid stepped on his fingers with shoes on.
• Get Nick calmed down and Lucas is now crying because he'd just been punched in the side of the head.
  
• The Mother is apologetic and so is the kid (SOCIOPATH!!) but play time had ended for my kids. It was time to go.
  
• 10 minutes after we got there we left.
• Kids crying because we were leaving. But I just couldn't see letting that sociopath of a 3 year old have at my kids when the mother seemed completely perplexed by her child. If she were actively watching him that would have been different.
• Home at 11:45. Dig through the pantry for lunch for the kids.
  
• I'm not feeling so hot. I'm guessing Diet Coke isn't such a good breakfast or lunch. Need real food.

Today better improve. I'm still grumpy and a bit resentful that AJ got to go to a movie last night because he was so bored - gotta fill the time on these long work trips. . . I got to stay up with Nick who had a late nap and refused to go to sleep before 9:30 pm. I'm just over this. I'm ready for someone else (AJ) to discipline the kids while I go to a movie because I'm so gosh-darn bored. I'm ready for my back to stop hurting. I'm ready to go a whole day without hearing anyone whining. I ready to sleep - Oh my God I'm so ready to sleep. I'm ready to watch a whole TV show of my choice uninterrupted - and not the kid shows!! I'm also ready for that shower that I never got this morning. . . . I'm ready to wake up in the morning and not have a dirty cat ass in my face. Stupid cats.