What...Its Mother's Day? I'm susposed to take the day off? Ha-ha! Good one...yeah right.
So my mother's day was eh. I spent most o fthe day at home with munchkin. I went to my mom's for lunch and watched a movie. Then, Slava got hoem from work and gave me a beautiful card, a bottle of Cuevero Margarita, and a memory chip for my phone so I could do MP3 music...only to learn that my phone is not equipped for this. :( Again, he falls short with the last minute gifts claiming not to have enough time or money to have done more. I don't buy it. He doesn't make time, invest the effort, or save the money in advance to have chosen more meaningful gifts. A whole year of this, and I get a little tired of faking it and begin to dread what last minute idea he'll come up with next. I don't want to be a total bitch or hurt his feelings but I should not have to take him out and pick out my own damn gifts. It ruins the whole point of it being a gift. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but its just how I believe gifts should be...something meaningful from the heart. Enough venting.
Here's some poetry:
(copied from an email sent to me from my aunt.)
Before I was a Mom - Author Unknown
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom -
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,
the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.