Well today was quite a day, and I know looking back that if I had come into the day with a better attitude I may not have ended up dragging a screaming child from Wal Mart.... but we'll get there. The morning started out average, snow was falling and I was getting the car warmed up for a trip to our friends house. We had a GREAT time at our friends house, don't get me wrong, but MY child was NOT listening to anything I was saying. This is not only frustrating, but embarrassing {even though my friends would never judge me, I would still like to have my child not try and destroy their home} after some much needed girl talk, and a LOT of telling Max "No" "you have to share" "don't touch that" "are you listening??" it was time to go. I was silly to do this but I needed to buy a gift for the little girl I used to watch. I am watching her on Saturday and wanted to have a Christmas present ready to go. Well.... that was a bad idea. The Target trip turned into a Wal Mart trip since we drove by one on the way home, it started off with screaming because I told Max he couldn't have an Icee, {I see this is my fault for letting him have them all too often} once he recovered from that fit he found many more things to cry about, such as : the ball he couldn't have, the apple he couldn't eat, the gallon of ice cream I wouldn't buy, the barbie he couldn't open, and of course the popcorn tins that I would not let him use as drums. As I made it to the toy section I knew what I wanted and of course they were out... so being the person I am I decided to see what was in Clearance, these areas were a disaster, and I know not to expect much order around Christmas, but it was a MESS!! I found two things quickly as I chased Max through the store, but I did not know the prices, so when I got up to the register I very nicely asked the man if he could check the prices, "on both of these?" well yes, both please. He scanned the first one, stared at me and said "well do you want it?" I told him I wanted to know the price of the other one first, he was not pleased, but scanned it and told me the price. He was impatient as impatient can be {he was not the one with a three year old screaming at his leg} so I quickly picked a toy. After we checked out Max had another fit over the Icee... stupid Icee. As I buckled him in he was screaming, so upset that he didn't get what he wanted. So what did I do? I calmly got in the car, put in my Carrie Underwood CD , turned it up, and sang along...he did not like this......It calmed me down though. Once we were home I realized I didn't like my choice of presents, I was so rushed to decide I was now not so pleased with my decision,, so that was a wasted trip, and now I'll be going back {maybe if the guy didn't rush me, geez} I decided I better start dinner and did my best to ignore Max's whining.... I don't know what is up with him lately.... well, apparently the taco shells I bought were not fresh enough, so my hubby did not eat what I made, I won't go into detail about this, but I was not pleased. I ate my dinner, shells and all and went downstairs to try and end the day on a happy note with my little man. I turned up some music {this time with his approval} and we danced like crazy people, and it was fun. He then told me he was tired {wow} and I put him to bed, and for the first time all week he went right to sleep. I was still needing to blow off steam so I decided to pop in the insanity dvd my friend loaned me. I was determined, and amazingly I finished it!!! It was not pretty... but I did it, and it felt great. I took a cold shower after my workout... it was tough {the workout, not the shower} I am feeling much better now, I know that I can handle whatever life throws at me, and if this week it is a fussy kid, then I will work through it. Maybe next week it will be too many flowers delivered, or too many prizes won.... you never know ;) For now I am going to pat myself on the back for getting through today without losing it, I almost did, but I pulled myself together just before the meltdown. Tomorrow is a new day with renewed patience, and I hope to have a great attitude that will get me through all of my holiday and daily stressers!
Kelly Callahan
