Friday 21 March 2014

One of those days


Have you ever had one of those days?

Not a bad day, not a good day, not even a day where you weren't feeling well. Not a day where you were pissed at the world. Not a day where the world was pissed at you.

But a day where every single little thing that happened, you found annoying?

Everything that was said or done or whatever occurred you found batshit irritating?

I had one yesterday. It really tested my patience.

Every single thing annoyed me.

The way the sun catchers rattled on the door. The way my car is always covered in salt and dirt these days. The way my pants fit. The way people drove. The way the dog wouldn't go pee when we were getting ready to leave for the day.

Everything grated on me the wrong way. It was one of those days, that I think if I suffered from migraines, I would have a had a doozy coming on.

Miss K asks about 300 questions a day, sometimes more, yesterday I actually asked her to stop asking questions because it was getting to me.

I always encourage questions, one because I always like enriching her life and filling her head with knowledge. And I like the questions because its funny how a little kids head works at times.

But i couldn't take it anymore yesterday. Enough was enough and I actually asked her to stop asking so many questions. This of course was followed with a "Why?" but I sort of asked for that.

My patience suffered greatly. I found just about everyone to be  annoying. It was a tough day. 

I wasn't angry with anything or anyone. It wasn't even a particularly bad day on any front. 

I tried not to be cranky or crusty. I tried to get past it all, but I couldn't shake it.

Even the fact that I couldn't get the blind in our bedroom to stay down threatened to send me over the edge.

Any more little tiny annoying things and I thought my head might just explode. I think I must have reached my annoyance limit and yesterday triggered a reset.

Today I feel pretty good. No major issues. No irritating occurrences as of yet.

I'm sure we've all been there but it was all day long, all stinking day…that I had no patience and my irritability was running on high

Oh well, today is another day, Friday, sunny, looking much more rosy than yesterday at least

Til next time…may the little things not piss you off

Monday 10 March 2014

Spring is coming, sooner rather than later??


I think spring might be coming. Maybe just maybe. I know we'll get warmer weather eventually, there hasn't been some colossal climate shift in these parts, it just seems that the snow will never go away.

it's been above zero for a few days now. Not a lot above, but above nonetheless. It's refreshing to think that warmer days might soon be here.

Damn clocks went ahead on the weekend. While I like the extra hour of daylight in the evening, it sure does screw with your internal body clock. Stayed up till after 10 last night thinking that would help. A-n-nnd my body still thought it was about 9 or so and not really ready for sleep. And when 5:45 rolled around this morning, my body still pretty much thought it was 4:45 am. Happy, happy joy joy.

Getting up at the crack of stupid isn't fun at the best of times, getting up when your body thinks its even earlier than it is can be traumatizing.

Just ask Miss K. She fell back asleep in about 2.2 seconds this morning when Big C went to wake her up for the day. Her little body was saying no way Jose, it is not time to rise and shine!

It will work itself out I know in a few days. Then we'll be equally screwed when we switch the clocks back in the fall. 

It was a good weekend. We had an appointment with our financial advisor. Which doesn't sound like a  whole lot of fun. However, we have hit it off with our financial guru and it turned into a dinner date  as well.

A nice way to spend the afternoon and with people you are instantly comfortable with.

Do you have those people in your life? The ones that you maybe don't know them super well, or for not very long but there is a comfort there you cannot put your finger on?

You know that you don't have to entertain them. You know they'll just make themselves at home, they'll dig stuff out of your fridge or put stuff in your fridge. 

Places where you can get other kids snacks out of their own kitchen and not feel out of place. Where you are just as at home sitting on the floor as your are on the good furniture in the living room.

No pretenses, no tension, no false facades, just very real and very homey.

Relaxing, almost like leaving your home and going to your home if you know what I mean.

It was a good visit and Miss K had fun with the twins, so much so that she was longing for a sleepover. 

Pretty quiet otherwise for the weekend. Domestic duties for the most part. Boring really. 

We took Miss K sledding on a bigger hill than last weekend. She couldn't get enough. The faster, the better. Kid has a need for speed. And the dog was pretty funny chasing after her too.

Big C not travelling for a while, though I think he's going to be bailing on a few too many swim lessons in the near future. Supposed to be quality time for him and Miss K, but I think he's going to miss a few. Oh well, c'est la vie…

Til next time…think spring, really really try to think warmth and no snow…please!?