A 'Do-Over' Day

Ever have one of those? It's 9:40 am and I'm wishing I could go back to bed and do my day over. I awoke with a headache and hip-ache so that is not a good start; combine that with a child who woke up on the wrong side of the bed and it's just a recipe for grumpiness. Said child didn't do anything I can really put my finger on, other than everything he did irritated me. Like moving at a snail's pace on purpose, being mean to his brothers, giving me challenging looks every time I spoke to him, arguing - arguing is the worst. Child asked if they could have chips today and I said No. He asked how come and my reply? Because I'm grumpy and I feel like being mean...how nasty is that! But at least he didn't argue with me, which is why I said it; any other response and I'd still be arguing with him about it. And I try not to argue with him - I usually just put up my hand and say I'm not talking about this anymore. Husband said it's because child is almost a teenager and that's what they do. Husband said I was the same way with my mom. My response? She deserved it. Oh, I so am going to get it in a few years. Anyway, we get to school and the normal flow of things is to drop the children off...sometimes while the van is still moving...no not really, but they do like the parents to keep things rolling along...so the pre-teen child is sitting in the van looking at his watch while his brothers happily skip to go play with their friends. Whatever.

I just got a pre-recorded phone call that I won an all-inclusive cruise to the Carribean...and then I hung up. I got the same phone call last week and Husband has received 4 phone calls in the last month. Persistent, aren't they. I'm sure we can have our number removed from their list, but sometimes it just feels so good to hang up on someone, even if it is a computer, rather than listening to the whole message. Husband said he once got a call about winning a free vacation and he said I hate vacations. The person on the other end didn't know what to say. Our family is just one little ray of sunshine, aren't we?