Today was Thursday

I know I have mentioned a few times how I get asked alot how do I do it, manage my life that is.  Most days run pretty well and then the universe throws a day like today at me.

Waking Up

Instead of waking up to my alarm I woke up to the feeling of my PJ's getting all warm and soggy.  No I didn't wet the bed but the little person next to me did.  So half an hour before we needed to be up I was showering both of us and changing bed linen.

Getting Ready

It was a rare occasion that DS actually got dressed without too much fuss this morning except for a bumpy sock problem, we tried many socks the right way and inside out as well as different combinations of socks and shoes but the bumps weren't going away.  I had the same issue as a kid so I didn't push the fact that it  was raining and windy outside and not really a day for bare feet.  I packed them in his bag and decided this morning the Kindy Teacher could deal with it.

Almost Called Emergency Services

After being up for two and half hours we were ready to leave the house.  DD and I at the front door calling DS to come down stairs.  No response ...

I go up stairs to find that he has closed his bedroom door then pulled out a draw so that I can't get in.  I was now in the situation of trying to convince him to push the drawer back in so that I could get to him.  There was only a centimeter wide gap for me to talk to him through.  A strong NO was the answer I got.  I spent ten minutes trying to talk him out and in my head I was thinking that my only option was to call the fire brigade.  DD gave it a go offering him a teddy bear of his choice from her bedroom as well sleeping in her bed with her tonight ... NO

Sooooo I rang his father and put him on speaker phone to see if he could talk him out.  Seeing as that failed I told his father that I was going to call for help. As there really was no way for me to get.  His bedroom is on the second floor and the windows don't open more than a crack for safety reasons.  His father said he would come over to see what he could do.

While waiting for his father DD tried again, she offered him a bowl of chocolate ice-cream.  Done out of his room in two seconds flat.  Just so you know I refused to let him eat the bowl of ice cream!  So he cried all the way to Kinder.

Nearly fell on my arse

 Due to a faulty heel on my shoes today, but what did happen is the heel broke off, so I had to hobble home to change them in the middle of the day.  These are new boots by the way!

The Afternoon

Normally this afternoon is my work from home afternoon, but I had a presentation I needed to go to and a meeting later in the afternoon, so I organised for DS to go to a friends house.  I just had to leave work, pick him up from kinder, drop him at his friends and go back to work.  Easy right?  Should have only taken half an hour, it took an hour and a half.  That time did include the broken heel while I was at the supermarket picking up a bread roll that DS wanted and wouldn't stop crying at his friends house about until he got it.  I felt sorry for the family he was with so gave into him to make the trip to purchase said bread roll and return it to him before I went back to work *sigh*

I was supposed to meet the CEO of the company that offered me the job in Melbourne.  I waited 45 minutes in the rain and wind to finally admit to myself that she wasn't coming.  And now I had to drive home in peak hour traffic which I normally manage to avoid.

Now

All I wanted when I got home 50 minutes ago was a big hot bubble bath with scented candles and music, what I got was a 5 minute shower to the sound of the kids killing each other and a blocked drain.  Oh I don't actually have a bath tub, so never going to happen.

The pizza has just arrived and the Yogi Bear movie is on,  the kids have been instructed calmly that mummy needs some quiet time so enjoy the movie and eat your dinner out of the box.

It's nights like tonight that eating pizza on your bean bag in front of the TV is ok.