Sucky day

Yesterday was one of those days. After the third time of shutting myself outside so I didn't have to listen to the whining for one more second, I finally broke down in tears. And who comes to the rescue? Well, first my sister-in-law. She happened to call right when I was outside in the backyard on the brink and when she called, I fell apart. It didn't help that I still hadn't caught up from staying up until 3:30am a few nights before. I think she couldn't understand me through the blubbering. She told me she would come take my kids and give me a breather. So sweet. Then, I called Dan and he said he was coming home for lunch soon so I let Shannon off the hook and calmed down and covered up my splotchy face with some make-up before Dan got home. When he got here, at least he saw the reality of what I had been dealing with all morning. Cole honestly wouldn't stop crying or whining all morning long. And to top it off, Allison had a breakdown of her own and after a hitting match with Cole, I had to take her to her room, with kicking legs and screaming in my ear. Good times. Anyway, Dan came home and I peacefully went to the grocery store by myself. Solace. I like shopping alone. Silence. Left to my thoughts. He even put both kids to bed for me that night....after Allison had another melt down at the end of FHE...love those. By the end of that night, Dan was saying we needed to put me to bed. I was grumpy let's face it. I didn't disagree. I went to bed at 9--way early for me, and got 10 restful hours of sleep.....much, much needed sleep.

Today went much better. I was so well rested. It could have also been that Allison went to Joyschool for 3 hours and I went with Shannon down to Good Will to look for a freakish costume/outfit for our ward V-day party with no luck (but Shannon did get a cool little chair) and then we went to Nordstrom's Rack to look for these jeans I would die to have....no luck again. But that's ok, it was still fun and Cole liked it because I gave him about 3 fruit leathers and 3 dum dum suckers to keep him happy. When we got home, Dan came home for lunch and then changed Cole's poopy diaper (Cole had already graced me with 2 before Dan got home) and put him down for a nap. I love my hubby. He is soo good to me. Then Allison took a nap and I had a silent house all to myself. Heaven. What did I do? I kicked my feet up with some candy and I watched a 2 hour episode of the bachelor. It was thoroughly enjoyable and by the time the kids got up I felt refreshed and relaxed and rejuvenated. *Sigh*