i was drawn to the ocean

So far, another bad day. Wonderful. i am so tired of dealing with shit. Shit as a figure of speech, and shit literally. Last night Echo pooped on the floor in the office. Most of it was diarrhea. :-( This morning, i scooped Gypsy's litter box. And Evan had a huuuuuuuge horrible yucky nasy diarrhea Pull-Up. Yep. Sick of it.

Also, Evan has been *horrible* this morning. He has been so defiant and bratty. He got into the strawberries that had gone bad and made a mess with them on the stairs. So i got to clean that up this morning too.

Well, i've started working on laundry, now i need to see about getting a shower because i need to go to the grocery store today.

Word of the day is obviate.

This has been a bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad BAD day. i mean really seriously motherfucking bad. It started when i burnt my waffles this morning. Twice. i just knew that was an omen.

By the time afternoon rolled around, the kids were being horrible, had gotten into all kinds of mischief, had broken one of their dresser drawers, and had decidedly NOT napped.

By early evening, Echo had a bloody nose (i have no idea why and probably don't want to know) and i had had a very disturbing conversation on the telephone that upset me greatly.

At that point, i really really just wanted to eat chocolate, no make that gorge myself on chocolate, drink until i passed out, and then when i woke up, take something to knock my ass out again. Repeat as necessary. Endlessly, actually.

But. i didn't. It's not that i'm altruistic or anything. It's that i'm responsible and i have obligations. Much as would have liked to today, i couldn't just drop out of my life. Like in that song "The Freshmen" -- the girl "took a weeks' worth of Valium and slept..." That would be nice. Oh so nice.

And so, by late evening, i'm trying to unwind myself a little bit, and y'all know me, i've got to look for the good...so here it is, as best i can do tonight.

Grat List:
1. my health and safety (knock on wood)
2. Shelby has been doing so well
3. learning
4. colouring, as therapy (winks at minxieone)
5. dinner came out okay tonight (taco salad)