It's just one of those days..
Yes a real entry is coming..soonish. I've had one open in Word Doc for a week and just have not had a moment to literally sit down. But I felt that I needed to record the events of today, becuase this is something no one will believe and I don't want to forget...
Today I woke up at 6 am to watch the kids in the morning. Cat went back to work this week and Conny and Clarissa decided they needed to get up at 5 am (2 hours before they needed to) to get up and cause a ruckus. I then was relegated the task of watching Conny and Clarissa. Close to 7 I took Conny back to bed and forced her down for a mini nap, she slept for 2 hours which meant that I got 2 extra hours of sleep...
This post really needs a lot of back story like how I went to be at 11 pm after falling asleep on the sofa at 9 becuase.. ugh.. just take that I went to be at a reasonable time and am dead tired from two days of solo kid duty
Anyways, I'm sorry I just lost all steam to write, I'm going to make this in bullet points so I'm sorry it it's not as exciting
Wwoke up 6am, half dozed to 9ish, then "played" with Conny in her room. I drooled on the floor while she jumped on me.
10 am got Conny dressed, got myself dressed, gave Conny snack, packed the diaper bag and stroller. Left to run errands.
Picked up friend Maja 10:30 to go to Geestacht (town about 45 mins-1 hour away) to pick up needed wool for baby blanket, shoes for Conny and groceries for dinner. Needed to be back in town by 1:30 THE LATEST to be at home waiting for Clarissa when she returned from Kindergarten (preschool)
Pick up Maja I ask "do you know how to get to Geestacht, I'm not too sure". She answers "yes".
We drive and then where I normally turn left, she tells me to turn right. We end up in another town. I keep saying how "it doesn't look familiar" and freaking out becuase its already past 11. I keep mumbling how I don't think we're in the right place. Maja says we should turn around and go back to Büchen to start from the beginning and go the way I "know". I tell her we don't have time for that becuase to turn around and backtrack 40 mins to start again I might as well stay home.
I ask her again how to get to G.acht (deal with it) and she says she doens't know, we need to follow signs. She laughs at our luck. I am not laughing. It is almost 11:20 and we are not in G.acht , I don't know where we are. I have Conny in the back and need to be at home before 1:30 THE LATEST to let Clarissa in.
We keep driving, luckily a sign for G.acht pops up and I follow it. Maja, fails at being a co-pilot I miss my turn and have to backtrack. She is still laughing at "our luck". I am not.
We arrive in G.acht, but am turned around from entering town from a different direction. Miss two turns twice, have to find side streets correct. Still not laughing.
Get to where we need to go, there is no parking. Lots are full and so is street parking. Have to round the block 3 times. Almost swerve into car that was going to fast. It is almost 12. Still not laughing.
Finally procure parking, on the side of the shopping center where I need to go. Get Conny's shoes on and get out of car. Cannot open Stroller, Stroller is stuck. I am laughing the "I am going to kill you laugh". I fight with the Stroller, Maja fights with the stroller. I fight with the stroller again. Still can't open it, the wheel pops off.
I say "Fuck it! I'm carrying Conny!". I carry Conny, who is not light the entire time.
Stop by bakery to buy meringues, line is too long. Conny is fussy. I lose my patience we leave.
Go to wool store, buy wool after small freak out that they don't have my colors. Lady goes to the back room, finds my colors. I pay.
Conny has stinky diaper, we get to nearest changing place, Conny does in fact not have a stinky diaper. False alarm after getting her undressed and redressed. Buy her baby snacks.
Go to shoe store, pick two shoes to try on. Conny screams like she is being prodded by fire. The entire store is filled with screams of terror (seriously, this child can scream.. I need to record this. I think I have hearing damage from her screams... not exaggerating). Sales attendant tries to soothe Conny. Fails. Conny screaming. Lady tries to soothe Conny more by telling her to stay with 'mommy'. I chuckle. I buy shoes regardless, to try on at home then return.
It's almost 12:20 we need to get back to car to head home. Rush back to car, past by bakery. I buy meringue, Sptriz Küchen (seriously love these things, they're amazing. Like a donut but so much more amazing) and coffee. Inhale everything in the car despite not being hungry.
Decide to drive home "my way". Miss a turn and end up in Lauenburg, a town about 30km in the wrong direction. Luckily Maja knows how to get back on the main road.
Conny falls asleep in car. Arrive in Büchen at 12:50, decide I have enough time to go to the store if I leave Maja and Conny in the car. Conny wakes up as I park the car, no option but to take her.
In a rush, make Maja carry Conny, forgo shopping cart and basket. Procure groceries, check out. Pack car.
Get home, unpack Conny, diaper bag and broken stroller. Grocery bag (that I had to pay extra for, plastic bags are charged you can bring your own and not be charged but I forgot) breaks upon snagging on stroller. Grocery contents spill all over driveway.
Retrieve said items, Conny is screaming. Go in house, unpack groceries. Load washing machine. Doorbell rings, Clarissa is home.
Play outside. Clarissa whacks me with branch. Uneventful things.
Take dogs on walk, return for walk. Let dogs of leash, 1 dog jumps the fence and runs away. Lock second dog in, chase first dog. Second dog escapes backyard. Have to chase both dogs down. Send Maja home w/ second dog. Return with first dog.
Go upstairs to try on Conny's shoes. Conny jabs a cardboard book at my windpipe, I half choke. Conny screams does not want to try on shoes. Cat elbows me in the face while trying to wrestle shoes on.
To top it all off, becuase of the anxiety of rushing to get home and the existential life crisis I am dealing with I was battling a stomach ache (anxiety induced), a headache, dry eyes and "tender" ears (I don't know how to describe it, but everything was too loud and it was making everything WORSE. Kept trying to ward off the headache before it turned into a migraine.. I half succeeded. Now I'm going to pass out.
And tomorrow, it all repeats again AND I need to pick up Clarissa from Kiga and drop her friend off who I have no clue where she lives!
It will be an even longer day becuase Cat needs to go to the Hospital after work to visit a friend who fell from a pilot ladder (on a boat, a Ship Captain).
..Yay.
I'm sure more things happened, but those are the main points. It probably won't seem as funny to you, and while it wasn't funny for me.. it normally is, but today I was too stressed out to enjoy a laugh I wanted to write this down so I could go "oooh yeah that day!"
Today I woke up at 6 am to watch the kids in the morning. Cat went back to work this week and Conny and Clarissa decided they needed to get up at 5 am (2 hours before they needed to) to get up and cause a ruckus. I then was relegated the task of watching Conny and Clarissa. Close to 7 I took Conny back to bed and forced her down for a mini nap, she slept for 2 hours which meant that I got 2 extra hours of sleep...
This post really needs a lot of back story like how I went to be at 11 pm after falling asleep on the sofa at 9 becuase.. ugh.. just take that I went to be at a reasonable time and am dead tired from two days of solo kid duty
Anyways, I'm sorry I just lost all steam to write, I'm going to make this in bullet points so I'm sorry it it's not as exciting
Wwoke up 6am, half dozed to 9ish, then "played" with Conny in her room. I drooled on the floor while she jumped on me.
10 am got Conny dressed, got myself dressed, gave Conny snack, packed the diaper bag and stroller. Left to run errands.
Picked up friend Maja 10:30 to go to Geestacht (town about 45 mins-1 hour away) to pick up needed wool for baby blanket, shoes for Conny and groceries for dinner. Needed to be back in town by 1:30 THE LATEST to be at home waiting for Clarissa when she returned from Kindergarten (preschool)
Pick up Maja I ask "do you know how to get to Geestacht, I'm not too sure". She answers "yes".
We drive and then where I normally turn left, she tells me to turn right. We end up in another town. I keep saying how "it doesn't look familiar" and freaking out becuase its already past 11. I keep mumbling how I don't think we're in the right place. Maja says we should turn around and go back to Büchen to start from the beginning and go the way I "know". I tell her we don't have time for that becuase to turn around and backtrack 40 mins to start again I might as well stay home.
I ask her again how to get to G.acht (deal with it) and she says she doens't know, we need to follow signs. She laughs at our luck. I am not laughing. It is almost 11:20 and we are not in G.acht , I don't know where we are. I have Conny in the back and need to be at home before 1:30 THE LATEST to let Clarissa in.
We keep driving, luckily a sign for G.acht pops up and I follow it. Maja, fails at being a co-pilot I miss my turn and have to backtrack. She is still laughing at "our luck". I am not.
We arrive in G.acht, but am turned around from entering town from a different direction. Miss two turns twice, have to find side streets correct. Still not laughing.
Get to where we need to go, there is no parking. Lots are full and so is street parking. Have to round the block 3 times. Almost swerve into car that was going to fast. It is almost 12. Still not laughing.
Finally procure parking, on the side of the shopping center where I need to go. Get Conny's shoes on and get out of car. Cannot open Stroller, Stroller is stuck. I am laughing the "I am going to kill you laugh". I fight with the Stroller, Maja fights with the stroller. I fight with the stroller again. Still can't open it, the wheel pops off.
I say "Fuck it! I'm carrying Conny!". I carry Conny, who is not light the entire time.
Stop by bakery to buy meringues, line is too long. Conny is fussy. I lose my patience we leave.
Go to wool store, buy wool after small freak out that they don't have my colors. Lady goes to the back room, finds my colors. I pay.
Conny has stinky diaper, we get to nearest changing place, Conny does in fact not have a stinky diaper. False alarm after getting her undressed and redressed. Buy her baby snacks.
Go to shoe store, pick two shoes to try on. Conny screams like she is being prodded by fire. The entire store is filled with screams of terror (seriously, this child can scream.. I need to record this. I think I have hearing damage from her screams... not exaggerating). Sales attendant tries to soothe Conny. Fails. Conny screaming. Lady tries to soothe Conny more by telling her to stay with 'mommy'. I chuckle. I buy shoes regardless, to try on at home then return.
It's almost 12:20 we need to get back to car to head home. Rush back to car, past by bakery. I buy meringue, Sptriz Küchen (seriously love these things, they're amazing. Like a donut but so much more amazing) and coffee. Inhale everything in the car despite not being hungry.
Decide to drive home "my way". Miss a turn and end up in Lauenburg, a town about 30km in the wrong direction. Luckily Maja knows how to get back on the main road.
Conny falls asleep in car. Arrive in Büchen at 12:50, decide I have enough time to go to the store if I leave Maja and Conny in the car. Conny wakes up as I park the car, no option but to take her.
In a rush, make Maja carry Conny, forgo shopping cart and basket. Procure groceries, check out. Pack car.
Get home, unpack Conny, diaper bag and broken stroller. Grocery bag (that I had to pay extra for, plastic bags are charged you can bring your own and not be charged but I forgot) breaks upon snagging on stroller. Grocery contents spill all over driveway.
Retrieve said items, Conny is screaming. Go in house, unpack groceries. Load washing machine. Doorbell rings, Clarissa is home.
Play outside. Clarissa whacks me with branch. Uneventful things.
Take dogs on walk, return for walk. Let dogs of leash, 1 dog jumps the fence and runs away. Lock second dog in, chase first dog. Second dog escapes backyard. Have to chase both dogs down. Send Maja home w/ second dog. Return with first dog.
Go upstairs to try on Conny's shoes. Conny jabs a cardboard book at my windpipe, I half choke. Conny screams does not want to try on shoes. Cat elbows me in the face while trying to wrestle shoes on.
To top it all off, becuase of the anxiety of rushing to get home and the existential life crisis I am dealing with I was battling a stomach ache (anxiety induced), a headache, dry eyes and "tender" ears (I don't know how to describe it, but everything was too loud and it was making everything WORSE. Kept trying to ward off the headache before it turned into a migraine.. I half succeeded. Now I'm going to pass out.
And tomorrow, it all repeats again AND I need to pick up Clarissa from Kiga and drop her friend off who I have no clue where she lives!
It will be an even longer day becuase Cat needs to go to the Hospital after work to visit a friend who fell from a pilot ladder (on a boat, a Ship Captain).
..Yay.
I'm sure more things happened, but those are the main points. It probably won't seem as funny to you, and while it wasn't funny for me.. it normally is, but today I was too stressed out to enjoy a laugh I wanted to write this down so I could go "oooh yeah that day!"