you gotta admit everyone wants to use that title. am i right?
ok, so today was not one of my best days. i could get into it but really, i’ll spare you the details. instead i thought i’d share a few things that made me feel so much better. and as i sit here thinking of these things that made me feel better, i’m realizing they are not your typical feel good kind of moments. really they are more fuel your fire kind of things and i suppose said to someone else they could make you cry even harder. but that’s not really the point….
i woke up today in a far from fabulous mood, in fact i went to bed the night before that way. i was determined to either do nothing but milk my sorrows all day long or to get out and act like they didn’t exist. two rather healthy options if i do say so myself. like most mornings, i dialed my sister-in-laws number. maybe she would bail me out by taking my kids or feed me chocolate while letting me bitch vent. so when i asked the question ‘whatcha doin ?’ i wasn’t really expecting the answer or rather tirade that i received.
prepare yourself for a big run on sentence, it went a little something like this-
well first i got up earlier than i wanted to, to get my ungrateful kids off to school who were less than happy to get out of bed themselves. Now i have a big huge list of things i need to get done at home that will probably not get done because i have to go to this stupid visiting teaching luncheon that i’m not ready for and then i have a bunch of errands to run that i don’t have money for that will use up the gas i don’t have in my car. (insert big breath here) then i was thinking i would come home to my kids who will not listen to anything i say and cook dinner f
or my husband who will be less than appreciative and then i’ll do the dishes while they all watch tv and don’t notice that i could use some help or maybe a thank you!…….(i’m sure there are things i’ve left out.) What you doin?
I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! Seriously, there are some days that i could just kiss that girl.
this is when i said something like, ‘sooo, you don’t want to take my ungrateful kids?’ i’ll leave her response to your imagination. :)
so i went with option B, only with the kids and we drove and hour to my sister’s house. she just moved and she was having my Mom and Aunt Barb over to help her decorate. great diversion.
while sitting on her couch being no help what so ever, i picked up my trusty iphone which is always great for mind numbing and time wasting games and internet searching and facebook…voyeurism or whatever it is you do on facebook and i updated my facebook status to read ‘Kelli is down right pissy.’
aren’t i just a bundle of sunshine? i know, if your don’t really know me your totally rethinking wanting to. but really i’m not usually this, well, pissy. but then again, maybe i am, because what do you know the next thing i see is a response from my friend Scott (who i haven’t seen since high school) who writes ‘Some things never change :)’
and i’ll tell you what, i laughed and laughed and laughed. that and the fact that one of my closest friends, Melissa, has written ‘note to self, do not call Kelli today.’
i think what makes me so happy at the end of this fabulous day of mine is that i have friends who understand me. they know that i’m not the kind of girl that would really appreciate a mushy pep talk.(most of the time) they know how to make me laugh, they listen to me vent, and sometimes when i need it they tell me to quit being such a whiner and get over myself. these are the people i want in my life. people that make me smile. people that love me and understand me even when i’m less than lovable. people that are real.
note to self: get over it! :)
hope y’all have a great tuesday!
and by the way, Mom, Teri, Barb and Nat thanks for putting up with me today!
its nice to have people… I need people…
I just have to correct one teensy weensy little part of my tirade. I DID NOT say my husband would be ungrateful for dinner! I DID say, “then I’m going to make dinner, so that at least 2 out of 3 people will complain about what I made”, continue reading above :)
and to you Ms. Hansen , thanks for putting up with me and being a sounding board when I need one.
Having a girl to lean on when you need it is the best. Having many is a blessing. Thank heavens for them!! You are awesome Kelly – I have always loved that you will say what’s on your mind and just pick up and deal with it!