Ever Have "Just One of Those Days?

I've had WAY too many of those days lately. Just the other day, I had the "drops". I dropped just about everything. Shampoo bottle on my foot, yep. Napkins on the floor, yep. Glass of water on the floor, yep. Anything that could make a loud noise causing the children to come running and say, "What was that??", yep. Last thing I dropped: My butt - I slipped on the stairs. Ugh. Was so glad when that day was over!

I hope you feel better soon.

This was my parents bad day 25 years ago!

My parents took me to the ER because a neighbor girl accidentaly squirted tire glue in my eye. Two hours later we were back because a different neighbor girl tried to lift me up to grab the pole from a clothes line and she picked me up below the waist. I fell face first to the concrete and lost two teeth and had to have stiches in my lip/chin. Even later, my dad yelled at my younger (5 yo) brother to get out of a tree he'd climbed a hundred times and he fell! As he was running to get in the car to go to the ER (third trip that day!) he ran into my mom's lit cigerette (she quit smoking that day!) and got a burn!

We got to the ER and after all that, they called CPS on my parents and we had to sit there for hours and be interviewed to make sure my parents weren't beating us! Of course not, it was just one of those days!!!

And as we left, the last thing the military on call dr said was, " Sgt X, you don't have any more kids, do you?"

my oldest son was practicing his baseball swing int he yard my youngest (we thought was napping) wandered out back just as his brother swung the bat, whacked him in the back of the head he fell and landed on concrete on the forehead, immediately went to the ER after they strapped him down screaming for ex rays and tests sent him home said he would okay, We walked in house his big brother went to hug him and say he was sorry ( he was really scared) the youngest one lifts his head and whacks the other one in the mouth... bleeding and screaming we head BACK to the ER 4 stitches 3 hours and a lot of explaining later we were home. Feel Better?

You need a Visit to the Bunny Planet! :) *hugs*

Seriously, there are these 3 little picture books by Rosemary Wells called 'A Visit to the Bunny Plane". In each book, a little bunny has a rotten day where everything goes wrong- and then Janet the Bunny Queen shows up and takes them through the 'day that should have been'.

Ever since my son was about 3 years old we would read those little books if he had a particularly bad day. He is now 11 and had a bad day at school where he got in trouble and had to go to the principal's office - and came home and was still so upset. I was making dinner and he said
"Mom, I need a visit to the Bunny Planet!" :) I stopped what I was doing and we read the books together and he felt better.

A could of weeks ago, right before Christmas, I found out my job position was being discontinued in about 2 weeks from now. When I told my son he asked " Mom, do you need me to visit the Bunny Planet with you??" it was so sweet- I let him read the books to me and we talked about how I would get a better job, etc.

I know it sounds silly, but sometimes something like that can cheer you up :) I hope you find your 'visit to the Bunny Planet' whatever it is!!!

Many!

One springs to mind. I actually don't remember a THING of it except for the very end. It was one of those Murphey's Laws kind of days where I REALLY should have just gone back to bed and waited for the next day to dawn. As I'm FINALLY getting home, less than a block -I can SEE my house, have my blinker on to turn- red and blue lights and siren light up my car.

It was too much, I burst out laughing. Rolled my window down, had my things out for the officer, and was STILL laughing when he got to my window. I put my hand through to shake his and with a huge smile (he looked a little wild around the eyes) said "Welcome to my REALLY bad day." He asked what I meant, and still chuckling, I gave him the "list" of that day, ending with pointing to my house 2 houses away and getting pulled over, and he was busting up by the end of it, too. It really was just one of THOSE days.

For making HIS day he let me off, because to add insult to injury my license which I had JUST renewed (good for 7 years) they had the issue date one month before the expiration date, someone had peeled the tabs off my car, my break light was out (why he pulled me over) and I had the wrong insurance card. As I tried to start my car, it died. Head thwack! He walked me to the door of my house to make sure nothing else happened, and as I took my key out after unlocking the house it broke inside the lock. He made me PROMISE not to leave the house until the next day.

He made my day.

One of those days happened this past Tuesday from the moment we woke up. Had to get my resistant son to early morning program at school at 8am. He doesn't want to go so procrastinates. I tell him to go to the bathroom do his business and I will take a quick shower. I misjudge the tub and trip into the shower and wrench my shoulder, I am meeting the CEO of the new company I started at 10am. Come out wonder where my pants are that were on the bed, come to find them on the floor and my sick diarretic kittie pooping on them, couldn't make it to litter box. Go back out to my son who never got to the bathroom but got distratcted by his fish tank signing "hit me with your best shot". I drag him into bathroom to get him going, Call hubs who is on way home from work to swing by my sisters cause I've just called her to borrow a suit for the day. Hubs shows up 5 minutes before I gotta get son to school, no suit, he is carrying a empty dry cleaners bag, didn't notice suit falling outside in the MUD!!!! Throw on jeans to get son to school and we get there 2 minutes late, now he is counted late for the day. Go back home find something else to wear and run to the bus. 3 buses go by saying "out of service" finally bus comes, packed with people and pumping heat like 90 degrees in bus. Get to the subway all expresses are going local, good grief, slow moving all the way swtich to the express train at Times Sq and they are having signal problems, I am apoplectic by now, get out of train it's 10:15 get to the store no CEO. Go in get things in order open, no CEO. At noon CEO calls me to apologize couldn't make it, but will be in next day at 10am, I am so relieved that I go to do a victory dance, trip on the carpet and bruised my elbow on the same side as my wrenched shoulder I think I saw stars. The rest of the day was fine until 3 pm when mailman handed me the mail and I slid my hand on the top envelope and got a painful paper cut. That was may "one of those days". I think I shouldn't be due another for about 2 years.

Aw! I have had MANY days like that.

I had acid reflux and vomiting after trying a Red Bull for the only time I had one. And that knot for several days following.

My cousin is coming in today and I'm trying to get the house cleaned, ready for her. Dealing with my VERY cranky 3 year old while trying to get anything done was wearing on my nerves. I went to do some laundry and she closed the door on me (for the upteenth time!) and I shouted "stop that!" and pushed the door open, right into her little nose! :( I felt horrible, especially when she was crying and saying "you have to be nice to me!" We cuddled for a few minutes and she is fine. After that we took a shower and she decided to hop out still soaking wet and the floor (that I just cleaned) was completely soaked. She spilled her macaroni on the just swept floor and I'm sitting here with a towel still on my head taking a break from it all on mamapedia. Lol.
I hope you feel better and your kids too!

Poor babies (including you!). I lost my temper with my daughter the other morning - I yelled, she cried and asked if I was disappointed in her. Then I cried.
Last Monday - I drove my daughter to Montessori daycare/school. It wa CLOSED! In my opinion, they didn't announce it properly, but, again I cried feeling like a total parental failure. And having to find last minute help.
So far, 2011 completely sucks!
Feel better - all of you.

Yes! oh I have many, it's comforting to know we aren't alone in this :)

my last 3 yrs have been that way. try leaving to go out of state for your step sons funeral and your car catches on fire and burns to the ground in transit. and you are standing outside holding a 6 month old whos blanket is on fire in the car couldnt get to it cause of the flames and its 10 degrees outside and the wind blowing about 30 mph. and all of your baby supplies needed for the trip burnt up in the car. the only thing good we got out of it was my other step sons christmas presents out of the car. and then came our angels :)

For the reflux... try this max 3 times per week... take a teaspoon of white vinegar and swallow it. Don't eat or drink anything after for 2 hrs. It works!

I feel like I have "one of those days" every morning lol..... I'm just always so tired (stupid nocturnal leg cramps), husband always jokingly complains about something, just to razz me... My son hardly eats a thing in the morning unless it comes in a bottle and to top it all off, I ALWAYS forget to get myself something for breakfast... so I end up eating too many bananas and.... well you know what happens when you eat too many bananas..... Then, just when I am FINALLY able to "go", DS wakes up early from his nap and it's a rush to get in the room before he starts SCREAMING his face off! Then by that time I've not gone properly, and well it makes me feel ill...

We really MUST start taking better care of ourselves lol.

Goodness, I think you all deserve a flower!