Made a goal to wake up early - didn't
Tried to read scriptures - couldn't find them
Dealt with Anthony from Blue Cross Blue Shield for an hour trying to convince him to reinstate our health insurance
Wanted to do swim work out - couldn't find goggles or swim cap or conditioner
Swam anyway - felt like I was drowning, swam it 2 and 1/2 minutes slower than usual.
Met friends at Costco for lunch (this one's a doozie) - Luke was a maniac. I cut up pizza for him, blew on each piece to cool it, handed them to him and he threw them on the ground. He wiped grease all over my pants and shirt. When I was picking up pizza off the ground - he sprinted for the door and made it all the way OUTSIDE of Costco. I sprinted after him. He threw a tantrum at having to come back. My two friends (each with THREE children of their own - all six were behaving so nicely) looked at me sympathetically as I struggled with my ONE child. Then all of the sudden he made a triumphant arch of the back and head butted me right in the mouth. Blood everywhere. All over my shirt, all over my mouth. My friend took my screaming child (as hers sat quietly looking on) as I cleaned up the blood. Walked away with a fat lip and a sad sad Luke.
Driving away feeling sorry for myself - all the sudden my contact slid off my eye and I can't see ANYTHING. (for those of you who don't know, I'm blind in my right eye so only wear a contact in my almost blind left.) I panicked! I had to get off the road immediately. I hugged the right side of the road going very slow as I tried to make out a some blurs to be a parking lot entrance. Found one, restored contact, drove away feeling even more sorry for myself.
Night came - made dinner - burned dinner. I left for a few minutes and thought I could make it back in time. Walked in to a smoke-filled house. Felt like a dork for being so dumb. Made dinner again. Didn't have the ingredients I needed. Dinner wasn't that good.
I just want to go to bed now so nothing else can happen.
happy kids
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But we all love you so much!
Sorry you had a bad day. Can you remember all the kids singing that song over and over?--"You had a bad day, the camera don't lie. . . "
All of my kids have gone through that very same stage. Rosalie has learned that as soon as she throws her food, she's done eating. Kids don't starve to death for at least two days.
I hope tomorrow is better for you.
Edith, Casey, and the kids
All of my children were WILD their first few (ten or so!) years. I always felt like everyone was looking at me and thinking, "Why can't she control her children?" And sometimes people actually said it to me flat out. On an airplane once, Sam and Annie kicked the back of the chair in front of them most of a flight (which I failed to notice, because I was in a different row.) As we got up to leave, the woman in front of them looked at me and said, "I raised three active boys, but I have NEVER seen any children as active as your children. I pity you, and I pity their grandmother."
Here's my theory: incredibly strong-willed children get most of their rebellion out while they are young, and the teen years are MUCH easier. At least that's been the case for me.
In the meantime, it's a good thing kids are so cute (as Luke is). It's clearly a survival mechanism.
Jenny
Dear Katie-
If it makes you feel any better I laughed about your day. I wasn't laughing AT you--I was laughing WITH you. Now, you know me. What a cruddy day. I'm glad you wrote it down because you'll get to look back on it and realize it WAS a bad day, and it's over. Maybe you'll have a bad week. But it will be over. Maybe you'll have several bad years in a row, but in God's great goodness He gives us mountains to climb so we can enjoy the view. The greater the trial the more we appreciate.
I wish I would have written about the first part of my fun day in more detail so that you would know you're not alone.
And just know this-Luke will be 4 before you know it. :)
As for all the other mishaps-thankfully you lived to tell about them all.
Kates-you're a goodie and I love you for it. I'm so glad you are real.
And if you just got through reading this comment you'll probably feel more exhausted than you did yesterday! :)
Dang, that IS a bad day!
Thank you for your post about a not perfect day. We all have these days. Trust me when I say that your pals with 3 kids have all been there! Sometimes our children's wills are SO strong. Someday we'll be grateful for that? right? :-) Today will be better... how couldn't it be?
You swim?? Me too! I can't wait for the book club tonight. It is a good think you documented this day because in ten years when you want Luke to do something you can bring up this day and and tell him he needs to pay you back for the fat lip. He will have to do it because he owes you. I am saving up a new book from Heidi when she is older. Ben had bought me the Gordon B Hinckley biography for my birthday and the next day Heidi ripped the cover off (it was a hard back cover, too.) I told her right then she would have to buy me a new book when she had her first job. See you tonight!
Oh, man! At least it's all uphill from there, right?! I hope you're having a better day. Miss your hugs! ;)
Oh the woes of motherhood! I am sending you an e-hug right now! (((((Katie)))))) The good days make up for it though, right?
Katie, you told me a bit about this day, but it wasn't until I was taking my own contacts out last night that I realized, "Katie has only one good eye! What did she do?!!!!" It's a miracle that you were able to locate that contact. It just put me into a panic thinking about how you handled that!
And for Lukey. Don't forget that he drove ALL the way from MD and only cried once. There is the law of balance of good behaivor--and murphy's law says that when your kid is being horrid, the other kids in the room will be having one of their good moments! I used to be so discouraged at playgroups because I constantly had to be on the playstructure one foot from my kid to keep him from hurting others, while all the other moms relaxed and chatted the whole time--every week. Then with my other kids I've found, I'm the one relaxing and chatting. If it wasn't hard, I'd guess we'd feel really guilty for staying home in front of our soap operas eating bon-bons while our busbands support us. We definitely do our share of the work as mothers, don't we?
I tried to call but just left a message. I am so sorry you had such a rotten day. What a scary shock in the car on top of it all. I love you and miss you and your fun personality. You just made my bad day from yesterday not seem so bad after all. Sorry that didn't sound right. Sarah likes to scratch my face, pull my hair, and bite. At least she hasn't drawn blood during the head butting...It sounds like you need a little family relief time. I hope you can get some. Lol, Stace
whhooooah man! that STINKS! what a crappy day! malan was our hard baby, we didn't really hang out with friends her first year and 1/2 because she would SCREAM the second we arrived somewhere until we left. but now she is golden. hope it will be a short tough phase for lukey. hope you don't get any more injuries. maybe you should head butt him back! wouldn't he be surprised? :)
Katie- I cant even sympathize with you. My kids are always so perfect- yes all 8! Thats too bad for you!;)
I love you!! Your doing great.
Kids... can't live with them, can't take them to Costco. That might be a sweet advertisement for Sam's Club.
I'm sorry about your bad day.
On the brighter side, at least you don't have swine flu! Yay! ( Triumphant Arch! ) Go mexico!
i think that might make the top ten list. you are hilarious katie. i think we have all had days (sometimes consecutive) that make you feel like you want to pull your hair out or check yourself into the loony bin. right? rent a good flick and get a pint of your favorite ice cream. :)
kates! you nearly brought me to tears (how hard is that?!?)
for my own sanity, after days like that, i drop summer off at some sympathetic soul's house and do something great just for me. by the time i'm done, i'm rejuvinated and actually miss the little hellion.
go on KT, get that pedicure. you know you **totally** deserve it.
Oh Man...that was a doozy of a bad day, and to someone so amazingly nice and lovely? I'm with Emily...go do some Katie time!
Sheeshagabasheesha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, here's what you do...first, mail me your pants and I'll wash them for ya. Second, take a bubble bath. Third, pull your hair out.
My goodness that's a bad day!!!! Days like that are good though, because they give you something to laugh about today, and they make you appreciate today even more!!
I hope today is better,
Love,
Hol
Oh Katie - I'm so sorry!! Luke's a good boy, just having a day himself. I hope things perk up for you today. BTW - I did try sending you our happy easter photo - I'm sorry I never responded to your later text. . . hugs from your Balto friends.
sounds like high adventure! i love you.
Sorry about the badness of your bloody, blind, burned bad day.
That part about you losing your contact while driving was too funny!! Kinda scary, but funny. I think it's awesome you bought a new house BTW. Jared is getting more and more jelous that he is just Jared and not Joey. He wishes he could own 3 houses...or even one at this point :)
I'm so sorry you had such a rough day! So are you glad it was all piled onto one day rather than spread out onto many days? No? I remember days that I still don't think are funny they were so traumatizing. Glad yours is in the past now.
I'm sorry Katie I love you to death and days like that are definitly frustrating!!....I just had to laugh though...reading that made me smile:) ... just remind yourself how truly blessed you are in life's little moments like that...if it wasn't for days like that then we wouldnt have that wonderful sense of relief when we have made it through them. Life is about challenges be greatful you have them.
Katie,
it looks like you got all your bad karma out in one day of total rotten-ness: now the universe owes you a day filled with sunshine and lollipops!
Wishing happiness to you!
Katie!? Isn't it funny how it all happens at once? Hopefully 2 weeks later you can laugh about it all! :) When I only had Jayden I remembered watching other parents who seemed like they had 12 kids all under the age of 4 sitting perfectly at church wondering what I was doing so wrong that I couldn't control my ONE! Oh well, the adversary likes to convice us that we aren't very good at what we are attempting (like parenting) but we are, just ask Heavenly Father, He'll tell you the truth! :)
The story is pretty hilarious though... thanks for the laugh this morning!
Oh Kates, what a crummy day. That definitely takes the cake.
It has been a LONG time since I've heard how you are, what a fun blog you have.
We were in your home stomping ground not long ago, and I wondered how that crazy girl is doing. I hope all is well.
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