Is It 5 o'clock Yet?
Ten minutes ago, after a brief, but intense meltdown, I got Lucy's response: "You're not a good person. You're a mad person. Cry." (She often says something she thinks is hurtful and then tells me to cry. It's lovely). It's Friday afternoon, 3:58, smack dab in the the middle of the witching hour (you know what I'm talking about) and I'm at the end of two weeks solid of single-parenting. Those darn midterms. Miles has been crying on and off for the past two hours, Lucy can't seem to quit hurting him (she pushed him over and gave him a bloody lip within the past hour) and Finn seems to be wired for annoying me today. I give up. I'm just going to breath deeply until 5 o'clock and hope that I can make it. I don't know if it's Lucy very emotionally-charged potty training (as in, every ten minutes, "I've gotta go potty. Carry my upstairs to the toilet," as she's whining and whimpering dramatically), or that I'm overworked and underpaid, but I'm in need of some serious away time from my job, the mothering one. I'll be back Monday, hopefully well rested, more inspired and with more spring in my step.
(I took these pictures in our front entryway on a chair from my friend Kellie. Lucy sure puts on a sweet face when she wants to, but sometimes she can be oh so naughty).
7 comments:
Lucy's "cry" demand made me lol! I love her little pig tails. Isn't it fun for her to have some hair to style?
Wierd that when I leve a comment it says it's from Jeff, that was from Leslie.
keep calm and carry on!! Just keep reading your picture :) you can make it. Next week I'm putting together a girls night out and you HAVE to come.
I really don't mean to laugh at your misfortune, but I have to say that Lucy's command for you to cry is quite funny ;)
I hope the weekend provides you with some much needed peace (i.e. Conference) and quiet (i.e. a nice long nap for you).
You're doing a fabulous job Sarah. You're a wonderful mother, and your children adore you (even if they tell you to cry ;)
Doesn't seem so long ago I was going through these same things. I am going to make a confession to you about something I did when my 3 or 4 year old daughter was into scratching her little brothers face. Constantly. She would draw blood, and I was at my wits end. I told her that people could get arrested for hurting others and that next time she did it I would have to call the police. I explained to her that when the police get involved, people sometimes have to go to jail. She looked a little frightened, but unsure. Sure enough the next day she did it again. I called my husband at school, and he acted like a police officer and talked to her on the phone. Oh my goodness, she never scratched him again. Is that bad parenting? I don't know, but it makes me laugh every time I think of it.
I'm sorry Lucy is making things harder for you. I know midterm time isn't easy. I hate those weeks that Nathan is never here and I'm alone with the kids and babysitting on top of that (babysitting kid #2 peed on my new couch today, grr).
Please let me take Lucy some time. Maybe Friday? Would that work for you? I'll take her as long as you want. Bring her over after you drop Finn as school and I'll keep her all day if you want.
I am so sorry that things are difficult with Lucy right now. I have no advice but call me after 5 and I will come over give you some adult aid, if nothing else a different distraction for the kido's.
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