Hamburger buns, how hard could it possibly be to buy them in a timely fashion??? I was grilling burgers and making mac and cheese for dinner. I called Dave and asked him to swing by the store and pick them up on his way home. I asked him when he was leaving the office so I knew when to start dinner. Of course I always have to add at least 15 minutes to whatever time that he tells me. Today I actually gave him an extra half hour so I would have a little cushion. Erin and Shannon came home and I had a piping hot dinner ready for them when they walked in the door except for the buns. Where in the hell were the buns?? I called the love of my life but he didn't answer. He finally got home after we finished eating with several bags of groceries. Considering the only thing that was on his list was hamburger buns I didn't see a need for so many bags. He could tell that I was aggravated and if my body language wasn't a big enough clue my son said "mom was ready to lock you out." His response was, "don't be mad pumpkin, you have no idea how stressful that was for me at the store, I couldn't find the chips. Every aisle was marked except the chip aisle, Why wouldn't they mark the chip aisle? Every end cap had chips , that was very misleading, what are they trying to do? Trick me?" I said, "Yeah Dave along with KFC, everyone is out to trick you. Maybe you are just a bumbling idiot, did you ever think of that?" Considering that hamburger buns were the only thing on the list, you could have avoided all the "stress" of the chip hunt.

Erin called me this afternoon to see if she could go to her friends house tonight because she got an ear piercing gun. She said don't worry mom, it's a good one and it's sterile. I asked what she was planning on piercing. She said that she wanted to double pierce her ears. I thought if it is so sterile that she might as well go ahead and pierce her nose, eyebrow, tongue and belly button while she was at it. NOT She stayed home and worked on homework instead.

Today was the day that we were supposed to get to school early so Ryan could finish his homework. Dave woke me up at 5:15 , I normally go up to the track by my house with Kelsey at 5:30 so she can run sprints. I don't want her going by herself so I drag my fat butt out of bed to go with her, it's a good day when I only get lapped twice. Anyway, this morning when Dave woke me up I mumbled something along the lines of "shut up and leave me alone, today is picture day, Kelsey isn't running today." The next thing I knew it was 7:30, school starts at 7:50 and I drive two other kids to school. I quickly woke everyone up and decided to take my carpool and come back for my kids. I threw on some shorts and hopped in the car braless and without brushing my teeth. I said a quick prayer that no one would talk or look at me. I came back for the kids and decided that they were already going to be late that they might as well be pretty and late. I worked on Maggie's hair, packed a few lunches, brushed my teeth and even put on a bra. We made it to school by 8:15 looking spiffy. Not too shabby!!! Of course Ryan had to stay inside for recess to finish his homework.

Ryan had a game tonight at 6:30. Shannon needed a ride home from cheerleading practice at 5:00 and I had to cook the steaks that have been in in the fridge since Sunday. I asked grandma if she wanted to pick up Shannon or cook dinner. She chose to sit in a car for an hour and twenty minutes verses cooking for my crew. When dinner was ready my darling son was nowhere to be found. We had to leave for his game in 20 minutes and his uniform was sitting on the kitchen table and he was nowhere in sight. I called grandma and asked her to swing by Ryan's buddies house on her way home to look for my lost boy. She found him, he had just enough time to scarf down some dinner and get dressed. We were running so late that I didn't even have enough time to yell at him. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

I was hanging out with my good buddies John and Sarah this weekend. They came to the ballpark by my house. I decided to skip Kelsey's game and head up to the rally. I am glad that I went. I am even more glad that I decided to leave my kids at home. Three hours of whiny kids would have been a little more than I could take.

Things are getting back to normal at home. I am out of the fetal position, that's a plus. Another one of my co workers called me today, she got laid off this morning. She only works Mon-Wed so she wasn't there to share in the joy on Thursday with me. I have a few job leads already and I have decided to use this time to get some things done. For example; I cleaned my toilets and got rid of all my skinny clothes that will never fit me again. It was tough staying out of the fetal position when I filled up a large trash bag full of size 2's and 4's.

Kelsey had a game tonight so I had grandma bring Maggie to her soccer practice. Grandma stayed in her car reading a book, Maggie decided to stay after practice and work out with the next group. (the same coach) Grandma got out of the car looking for her and finally found her when she noticed two little girls with a number 10 on their back. Grandma asked "Maggie, why didn't you come to the car?" Her response was "please don't tell mom grandma, she will put it on the blog." Aw come on Maggie, give me a little credit, I would never do that to you sweetheart!!!

When I got home tonight Ryan had the buzz book out calling his buddies looking for an English book that he could borrow so he could do his homework, he left his at school. He had to do 12 questions. One by one his friends told him "sorry Ryan, I finished mine at school." By the fifth phone call I was beginning to wonder why my son didn't finish his at school. Of course he had a perfectly logical explanation "I couldn't find a pencil and it took me half of the class to find one." I said "well then you probably only have a few questions to finish up right?" "Umm, I think I finished one or two." We called a few more responsible, focused little boys and decided to call it a night and get to school early. I put 6 sharpened pencils in his backpack and threatened him within an inch of his life, gave him a good night kiss and sent him off to bed. My mothering skills never cease to amaze me.