Granted, it is only 10pm right now (yes - I'm a wuss). The girls are usually in bed by 8:30, but it was 9:30 tonight because we watched the Razorbacks play. (YET ANOTHER pay-per-view wasted, but it was a good game, with sucky calls.) Jeff was pooped so he crashed immediately. Usually, I'm the one crashing & he stays up till God knows what time. I have fallen asleep to football & ESPN a million times over the years.
Anyway - on nights like tonight, I usually think of my mom. She worked full-time. My dad worked a hard job & was not one to help around the house. As a matter of fact - none of us were. I'm so sorry mom - I wish you would have been meaner & made us at least do our own laundry! I think about how our laundry room would literally be knee-deep more times than not. And that was just the dirty clothes. There was a whole other pile in the clean clothes section, which was a counter in the laundry room. The pile there was from about from waist to chest. And I think of the "PUNISHMENT" sticker that my mom stuck above the doorway to the laundry room. She is funny like that. But I never thought to ask her - punishment for what? :)
Back then, I remember my mom sometimes taking a diet pill when she went to bed. My dad always wanted her to fall asleep with him. Boy does that sound familiar. She would take a diet pill so she could sleep a few hours, then wake up in the middle of the night, when everyone else was asleep - the she would do laundry. I promise you, when I'm up late or in the middle of the night, I almost NEVER do laundry. Sometimes I read or watch tv (Suze Orman on CNBC & I used to love it when I caught Wings - that show is funny!)
The older I get, the more I feel like my parents. Rather it be like my dad when I snap & just take the girls toys away that they are fighting over (or throw it out the window driving down the freeway - which I have done & gave me the best feeling ever. Both girls were so shocked, I had at least 3 minutes of peace), or my mom when I bought a sign at Hobby Lobby that is hanging over my laundry room door: "Mom's Laundry Service - Help Wanted - Inquire Within."
But - all in all, today was a great day. I wanted to take the girls to watch the finishing of the Mud Run, but they were so awful this morning we just stayed home. They have fought over everything today - even the stupidest stuff. Lauren has gotten 2 spankings, sent to her room twice & Jaci got sent to hers too. They were fighting over this stupid little pink keyboard that plays like a piano or you can push a button & it will play a song. It was loud & they were on either end of it, each trying to yank it from the other. I put it on top of the fridge. When Jeff got home, we ran some errands - then Lauren & I took a nap when we got home. This evening, JR & the Courtneys came over to watch the game. I got the piano back down & sure enough - they started fighting again. I was folding clothes & put it beside me & told Lauren "Don't touch it again." I saw her finger extend towards it, like some force field was drawing her in. I looked at her & said, "Lauren - I said don't touch it!" She said, "But mommy, its so beautiful!"
hahaha If pink plastic is so beautiful & she can't keep from touching it, watch out trailer park - here she comes! Later, I said, "Lauren, are you TRYING to get on my nerves?" In her sweet little voice, she said, "Yessssssss."
So - this week - I've had Jaci crying that her life is horrible, LG running from Jeff - screaming don't talk to her, Jaci telling me, "OH REALLY? Well you don't know that!" Not to mention, this morning when I was getting on to them both - I busted Jaci mouthing my exact words when she thought I wasn't looking.
But - LG did make sure to give me her Christmas list today: a GILR tent & sleeping bag, a GIRL computer & a GIRL camera. Perfect for a 3 year-old huh?
Well, I think I've had enough of basking in silence. Time to hit the hay. Y'all be sweet!
