I love Mondays...
... usually. As a rule, Mondays are great - a chance to get back into some semblance of order and routine around the house after the chaos that is a weekend. I am always fresh and ready for the start of a new week, and generally look forward to Monday morning (I know, I know, I am quite aware I am strange!).
But today has been absolutely full of annoyances, irritations and stress that I could well have done without. Such as the internet on my laptop being a complete pain and making it incredibly difficult for me to order the online shopping today. Finally completed it this evening after the children's bedtime by using Tim's PC which was fast enough that it actually worked!
And then leaving my mobile phone behind when I went out this morning, and coming home to two text messages, a missed call and a voicemail message! Honestly - when I carry it round with me, it never flipping rings! LOL. Missed call and voicemail were from Little Two's teacher, to say that he didn't have his sandwiches with him (um... that would be because I forgot to take them out of the fridge and put them in his lunchbox...) and so she was putting him down for a hot school dinner. If I'd had my phone with me, I could have answered it, spoken to her and said 'I'll bring the sandwich round!' As it was, by the time I got the message it was too late, and so we had to pay for a school dinner today.
Little One had a complete meltdown at teatime because she is terrified of her violin exam next week. I only have a certain amount sympathy for her because she refuses to practise!! Had to dispense lots of hugs and reassurance, but the reassurance was not accepted - according to her she is completely rubbish and doomed to failure, whatever I try to tell her to the contrary. *sigh*
Little Three had her meltdown after tea, and I have fresh scratches up my arms. Must, MUST cut her nails tomorrow. Feel like I am doing something seriously wrong with her; she never does this to Tim. She went to bed, yet again, without any story, which is the worst punishment we could possibly devise for her.
Was playing with my camera this evening and suddenly got a memory card error. Further investigation proved that the memory card is indeed completely knackered - I think I may have knackered it by trying to put too much high quality video on it. But now it won't format, and the PC doesn't even recognise it exists. I was scared it might be the camera, but the 16MB card that came with it still works fine. Thankfully, I ordered a new 4GB HC card yesterday and it has been posted today, apparently. With any luck it will come tomorrow.
Sat down on the sofa this evening and cried with frustration and pent up misery for all the things that have annoyed me today! It seems to have been one thing after another.
I'm trying to focus on the positives, such as the enormous amount of things I have managed to cross off my list today:
- I have been to the doctors, reviewed my repeat medication and won't have to go back now for a year. Also got mefenamic acid put on repeat so I won't need to make a special trip to the GP when I need more of that. :-)
- I have been to the chemists and given them my new repeat prescription form to look after, also come home with a new stock of migraine medication so I won't need to go there for a while either. :-)
- I have cycled an awful lot today, back and forth to the doctors, chemists, Morrisons, Mum's house, nursery, school, school again... and I LOVE my bicycle dearly. It and I are very good friends. :-)
- The bathroom is clean. For the first time in weeks and weeks. :-)
Really, things could be a whole lot worse. And I feel a whole lot better for writing it all out in here. Thank you for listening, if you managed to make it this far without collapsing in terminal boredom. ;-)
But today has been absolutely full of annoyances, irritations and stress that I could well have done without. Such as the internet on my laptop being a complete pain and making it incredibly difficult for me to order the online shopping today. Finally completed it this evening after the children's bedtime by using Tim's PC which was fast enough that it actually worked!
And then leaving my mobile phone behind when I went out this morning, and coming home to two text messages, a missed call and a voicemail message! Honestly - when I carry it round with me, it never flipping rings! LOL. Missed call and voicemail were from Little Two's teacher, to say that he didn't have his sandwiches with him (um... that would be because I forgot to take them out of the fridge and put them in his lunchbox...) and so she was putting him down for a hot school dinner. If I'd had my phone with me, I could have answered it, spoken to her and said 'I'll bring the sandwich round!' As it was, by the time I got the message it was too late, and so we had to pay for a school dinner today.
Little One had a complete meltdown at teatime because she is terrified of her violin exam next week. I only have a certain amount sympathy for her because she refuses to practise!! Had to dispense lots of hugs and reassurance, but the reassurance was not accepted - according to her she is completely rubbish and doomed to failure, whatever I try to tell her to the contrary. *sigh*
Little Three had her meltdown after tea, and I have fresh scratches up my arms. Must, MUST cut her nails tomorrow. Feel like I am doing something seriously wrong with her; she never does this to Tim. She went to bed, yet again, without any story, which is the worst punishment we could possibly devise for her.
Was playing with my camera this evening and suddenly got a memory card error. Further investigation proved that the memory card is indeed completely knackered - I think I may have knackered it by trying to put too much high quality video on it. But now it won't format, and the PC doesn't even recognise it exists. I was scared it might be the camera, but the 16MB card that came with it still works fine. Thankfully, I ordered a new 4GB HC card yesterday and it has been posted today, apparently. With any luck it will come tomorrow.
Sat down on the sofa this evening and cried with frustration and pent up misery for all the things that have annoyed me today! It seems to have been one thing after another.
I'm trying to focus on the positives, such as the enormous amount of things I have managed to cross off my list today:
- I have been to the doctors, reviewed my repeat medication and won't have to go back now for a year. Also got mefenamic acid put on repeat so I won't need to make a special trip to the GP when I need more of that. :-)
- I have been to the chemists and given them my new repeat prescription form to look after, also come home with a new stock of migraine medication so I won't need to go there for a while either. :-)
- I have cycled an awful lot today, back and forth to the doctors, chemists, Morrisons, Mum's house, nursery, school, school again... and I LOVE my bicycle dearly. It and I are very good friends. :-)
- The bathroom is clean. For the first time in weeks and weeks. :-)
Really, things could be a whole lot worse. And I feel a whole lot better for writing it all out in here. Thank you for listening, if you managed to make it this far without collapsing in terminal boredom. ;-)